2016 women's water polo
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University of Southern California
2016 WOMEN’S WATER POLO
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3501 Watt Way • Heritage Hall 103 • Los Angeles, CA 90089 Phone: (213) 740-8480 • FAX: (213) 740-7584 Water Polo Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch • email: [email protected] 2016 NCAA Tournament | May 13-15 | Westwood, Calif.
USC Looks For Perfect Finish To Perfect Season At 2016 NCAA Tournament Top-seeded Trojans set up camp in Westwood for NCAA action running May 13-15; Aiming for a fifth national title.
2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 5 #19 UC SAN DIEGO W 17-4 Feb. 6 at Whittier W 28-2 Feb. 13 @Santa Clara W 20-2 Feb. 13 @#19 UC San Diego W 15-8 Feb. 14 @#5 Arizona State W 6-3 Feb. 14 @#1 UCLA W 8-6 Feb. 20 #25 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W 15-3 Feb. 27 %#25 Cal State Northridge W 13-3 Feb. 27 %#9 UC Irvine W 11-10 Feb. 28 %#4 Stanford W 7-6 Feb. 28 %#2 UCLA W 10-7 March 5 at #9 Arizona State * W 8-3 March 11 #6 UC IRVINE W 7-3 March 17 at #4 Hawai’i W 9-5 March 26 at #10 San Jose State * W 11-6 April 2 at #20 San Diego State W 13-3 April 3 #23 CSU BAKERSFIELD * W 16-3 April 9 #2 UCLA * W 8-5 REDLANDS W 23-0 April 16 at #3 Stanford * W 8-3 April 22 #6 CALIFORNIA * (P12) W 11-6 April 29 &bye April 30 &[5] #6 California W 6-5 May 1 &[3] #3 Stanford W 8-5 NCAA Tournament (hosted by UCLA) May 13 !San Diego State 3:30 p.m. May 14 !TBD TBD May 15 !TBD TBD Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) * MPSF game (P12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) % UCI Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine) & MPSF Tourn. (hosted by CSU Bakersfield) ! NCAA Champs (hosted by UCLA)
May 13-15 • Spieker Aquatics Complex (Westwood, Calif.) FIRST ROUND (Friday, May 13) 12 p.m. Game 1 UCLA vs. UC San Diego 1:45 p.m. Game 2 Stanford vs. UC Santa Barbara 3:30 p.m. Game 3 USC vs. San Diego St. 5:15 p.m. Game 4 Michigan vs. Arizona State SEMIFINALS (Saturday, May 14) 12 p.m. Game 5 Game 1 vs. Game 2 Losers 1:45 p.m. Game 6 Game 3 vs. Game 4 Losers 3:30 p.m. Semifinal 1 Game 3 vs. Game 4 Winners 5:15 p.m. Semifinal 2 Game 1 vs. Game 2 Winners FINALS (Sunday, May 15) 12 p.m. 7th Place 1:45 p.m. 5th Place 3:30 p.m. 3rd Place 5:30 p.m. Championship all times Pacific
Game 5 vs. Game 6 Losers Game 5 vs. Game 6 Winners Semi 1 vs. Semi 2 Losers Semi 1 vs. Semi 2 Winners
THIS WEEK @USCWaterPolo The top-ranked and top-seeded USC women’s water polo team takes aim at putting the finishing touches on a perfect season as the Trojans remain in hot pursuit of a fifth national championship this week. USC (23-0) engages in NCAA Championship action for the 13th straight year and is hoping to complete the program's second undefeated season — last achieved in 2004. The Women of Troy are looking to claim their fifth national championship in this crosstown journey, hoping to add the 2016 trophy to their 1999, 2004, 2010 and 2013 titles. The 2016 National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championships will take place in Westwood at UCLA's Spieker Aquatics Complex. The 23-0 Trojans will open things with an NCAA Quarterfinal matchup against San Diego State (17-6) at 3:30 p.m. on Friday (May 13). A win there puts USC in a 3:30 p.m. semifinal bout on Saturday (May 14), which will decide who goes on to play for it all. On Sunday (May 15), the NCAA Championship match is set for 5:30 p.m., preceded by the third-place game at 3:30 p.m. All games will have live streaming coverage on ncaa.com with Greg Mescall providing coverage. NCAA TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=210738432 USC IN THE RANKINGS USC opened 2016 ranked No. 3 in the national preseason poll and at No. 2 in the MPSF preseason poll. The Trojans moved up to rank No. 2 on Feb. 10, and rose in the ranks to stand as the No. 1 team in the nation as of the Feb. 17 national poll. The last time USC was ranked No. 1 had been in March 2014. USC remains as the nation’s No. 1 team this week. NCAA NOTES USC has won four national championships in program history, with the first coming in 1999 before the NCAA sponsored women’s water polo. In 2004, the Trojans posted the first-ever undefeated season on the way to capturing the 2004 NCAA title. USC’s third title came in 2010 in a championship win over Stanford. Four years later in 2013, the Trojans topped the Cardinal in triple sudden-death overtime — the longest NCAA final in history — to claim a fourth national championship for USC. USC has also finished third in 2005, 2007, 2014 and 2015, placed second in 2006, 2008 and 2009 and 2012, and was fourth in 2011. This year marks USC’s 13th consecutive NCAA appearance and 13th overall, as the Trojans hold an 25-10 all-time record in NCAA tournament play. What’s more, the Women of Troy have a chance to register the university’s 102nd NCAA team championship with a run to this 2016 tourney title. BRACKET BREAKDOWN The Trojans (23-0) earned their place in the tourney as the automatic bid out of the MPSF by winning the championship yester-
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All-Time Records vs. 2016 NCAA Teams THROUGH MAY 5, 2016
Opponent Stanford UCLA Arizona State UC Santa Barbara Michigan UC San Diego Wagner Whittier San Diego State
W 30 25 25 24 9 12 0 1 34
USC’s Record L (Streak) In NCAA Tourn. 31 (W3) 3-4 49 (W3) 1-6 2 (W4) 0-0 14 (W11) 0-0 0 (W9) 1-0 4 (W12) 0-0 0 (--) 0-0 0 W1 0-0 9 (W33) 1-0
Overall NCAA Tournament Record*: 25-10 *NCAA Tournament began in 2001
PAST NCAA APPEARANCES (12) 2004: CHAMPION (2-0)
def. Hartwick 12-4 def. Loyola Marymount 10-8
2005: 3rd place (2-1) def. Redlands 18-2 lost to Stanford 5-4 def. Hawai’i 11-6
2006: 2nd place (2-1)
def. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 27-2 def. Hawai’i 9-7 lost to UCLA 9-8
2007: 3rd place (2-1)
def. Hartwick 20-5 lost to UCLA 7-6 def. San Diego State 13-6
2008: 2nd place (2-1) def. Michigan 12-3 def. Stanford 10-6 lost to UCLA 6-3
2009: 2nd place (2-1) def. Cal Lutheran 22-2 def. Hawai’i 17-5 lost to UCLA 5-4
2010: CHAMPION (3-0)
def. Marist 20-5 def. Loyola Marymount 10-6 def. Stanford 10-9
2011: 4th place (1-2) def. UC Irvine 14-9 lost to Stanford 8-4 lost to UCLA 6-5
2012: 2nd place (2-1) def. Princeton 14-2 def. UCLA 12-10 lost to Stanford 6-4
2013: CHAMPION (3-0) def. Pomona-Pitzer 27-1 def. Hawai’i 16-9 def. Stanford 10-9 (SD3)
2014: 3rd place (2-1) def. UC Irvine 14-11 lost to UCLA 5-3 def. California 11-8
2015: 3rd place (2-1) def. Hawai'i 14-7 lost to Stanford 9-8 def. California 9-8 (ot)
2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO day in Bakersfield. The rest of the 10-team 2016 NCAA field includes three other MPSF teams — UCLA (24-4), Stanford (21-5) and Arizona State (19-7) — awarded at-large berths, along with the automatic bids won by conference champions around the nation. Those other automatic qualifiers are: Michigan (29-6, Collegiate Water Polo Association), UC Santa Barbara (18-12, Big West Conference), UC San Diego (26-9, Western Water Polo Association), San Diego State (16-16, Gold Coast Conference), Wagner (29-9, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) and Whittier (25-7, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference). On Tuesday (May 10, four teams participated in two play-in games in order to secure quarterfinal slots. That day, San Diego State beat Wagner 7-4 to move into the quarterfinals against USC, while UC San Diego beat Whittier 11-7 to advance to face UCLA on Friday. The other May 13 quarterfinal matchups are set: Michigan (29-6) will take on Arizona State (19-7), while Stanford (21-5) faces UC Santa Barbara (18-12). THIS TIME LAST YEAR USC snagged an at-large berth in the 2015 NCAA Championships, taking a 22-5 overall record into the tourney after finishing fourth in the MPSF Tournament. In NCAA action in Palo Alto, USC opened up with a 14-7 win over Hawai'i in the quarterfinals to take a place in the semifinals against host Stanford. The Trojans played a tight one against the Cardinal, but were edged out with a 9-8 loss to move into the third-place game. There, USC and California battled into overtime, where Hayley McKelvey scored to get the Trojans their first lead since the first half before Brigitta Games delivered the game-winner with a score in the second frame of OT to beat the Bears 9-8 and claim third in the NCAA tournament. At the close of the tournament, senior Monica Vavic was named to the NCAA All-Tournament First Team, and senior Eike Daube was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Second Team. MPSF CHAMPS USC captured its fifth MPSF Tournament Championship with two gutsy efforts in Bakersfield. The Trojans would trail at halftime in both the semifinal and final, but both times USC answered the call and put forth a ferocious second-half stand to claim clutch comeback victories. USC's undefeated run through the regular season — including a 6-0 mark in MPSF play — gave the Trojans a first-round bye for the MPSF Tournament. They would meet up against an upset-minded California squad in the semifinals. USC shrugged off a two-goal deficit and then dug out of a one-goal hole at halftime thanks to a powerful defensive stand in the second half. In the last 16 minutes of play, USC shut down the Golden Bears and grabbed the two goals it needed to lock in on its 22nd win of 2016 with a 6-5 comeback victory. Goalie Amanda Longan would pin up 10 second-half saves in her 16 minutes of work, while Brigitta Games and Hayley McKelvey scored twice apiece to lead the Trojan offense. It was McKelvey's last blast with 5:38 left to play that wound up as the game-winner for USC as the Trojan defense took over the rest of the way. In the title match the next day against Stanford, USC had again trailed by two early in the game but later rattled off four straight goals in the fourth quarter to take a commanding lead for a power move to an 8-5 final victory that claimed USC's fourth MPSF Tournament championship. USC’s big guns on the day were decidedly Avery Peterson and Brianna Daboub, who matched each other with three goals apiece while Amanda Longan took control
on the defensive end. The freshman goalie amassed 12 saves against Stanford to provide the backbone in USC’s comeback push. At the end of the tournament, Longan was named MPSF Tournament MVP, joined by Brigitta Games and Stephania Haralabidis on the AllTournament Team. AIMING FOR PERFECTION USC's 21-0 record in the 2016 regular season marked the Trojans' third undefeated regular-season finish in program history, also achieved in 2004 and 2006. That 2004 campaign, USC became the first women's team ever to post a full undefeated season, going 29-0 in 2004. In 2006, USC went 24-0 in the regular season before taking its first loss in the MPSF semis. Now, USC is aiming to notch the program's second-ever perfect season. USC (2004) and UCLA (2005 & 2008) are the only women's water polo teams to post a complete undefeated season in NCAA history. PETERSON PICKS UP THE PACE Two-meter player Avery Peterson is off to the races in her junior campaign, having already bettered her previous career total with a powerful 33 goals already scored this season alone. She set a new career high for herself with a six-goal game at Whittier on Feb. 6, and has since picked up her first career selection as MPSF Player of the Week. After punching up a hat trick in a key MPSF road win over Arizona State, Peterson earned the weekly award for the first time on March 8. Her most recent hat trick was a big one as the junior came through in the clutch with three goals against Stanford in the MPSF Tournament championship game. BY THE NUMBERS Through these 23 games of 2016, undefeated USC has outscored opponents 278-101, leading the MPSF in defense (4.39 gapg) and offense (12.09 gpg). Junior Stephania Haralabidis is the top scorer to date with 55 goals — ranking her No. 8 all-time in career scoring with 177 goals. Just behind her are three fellow juniors. Brigitta Games is next in line with 35 goals to date, followed by Ioanna Haralabidis, who is now well past the century mark and has cracked the top-20 in career goals thanks to her 34 goals scored in 2016. Just behind her is fellow junior Avery Peterson, who has more than doubled her sophomore season total with her 33 goals to date. On the defensive end, freshman goalie Amanda Longan has capped in 15 games and is averaging 10.5 saves and 4.5 goals-against per game in her 46 periods of work. Returning All-American goalie Victória Chamorro has appeared in 38 periods and averages 6.6 saves and 4.8 goals-against per game. Senior goalie Alegra Hueso has allowed only three goals in her eight appearances in the cage to date. The Trojan defense has held opponents silent in at least one period of play in 16 games while accumulating a grand total of 28 shutout periods this season so far, including a complete-game shutout of Redlands on April 9 and a second-half shutdown of Cal in the MPSF semifinals. "HEISMAN" HOPEFULS For the fourth time in program history, USC women’s water polo has a pair of nominees in line for collegiate water polo’s highest honor. USC juniors Brigitta Games and Stephania Haralabidis have been announced as finalists for the Peter J. Cutino Award, which will be presented in a ceremony at the Olympic Club in San Francisco on June 4. Both All-Americans, Haralabidis and Games represent the remarkable balance on the
2016 AWARDS
MPSF Player of the Year: Stephania Haralabidis
MPSF Coach of the Year: Jovan Vavic
All-MPSF First Team: Stephania Haralabidis Ioanna Haralabidis Amanda Longan
All-MPSF Second Team: Brigitta Games
All-MPSF Honorable Mention: Brianna Daboub Avery Peterson
MPSF All-Newcomer Team: Amanda Longan
MPSF All-Tournament Team: Amanda Longan (MVP) Brigitta Games Stephania Haralabidis
MPSF Player of the Week: Stephania Haralabidis (Feb. 16) Stephania Haralabidis (March 1) Avery Peterson (March 8) Brigitta Games (April 12)
MPSF Newcomer of the Week: Amanda Longan (Feb. 16) Amanda Longan (Feb. 23) Amanda Longan (March 1) Amanda Longan (April 12) Amanda Longan (April 19)
2016 USC women’s roster. A left-handed driver, Haralabidis is the team’s top scorer, while two-meter power Games has control in the center position and stands as the Trojans’ second leading scorer. Together, the two Women of Troy have helped their team to an undefeated 23-0 record as they now turn to take aim at a fifth national championship. Games' and Haralabidis status as Cutino Award finalists runs USC’s all-time count of nominees for the honor to 15 finalists. Since USC goalie Bernice Orwig won the inaugural Cutino Award in 1999, there have been a grand total of five Women of Troy to win the award — considered the Heisman Trophy of water polo. Back-to-back winner Kami Craig was the last Trojan to capture the Cutino, having done so in 2009 and 2010. USC’s last finalist was Monica Vavic, who was up for the award in 2013 as the 13th all-time USC nominee. USC has had two finalists for the Cutino Award three other times, in 2006 (Lauren Wenger & Brittany Hayes), 2009 (Kami Craig & Michelle Stein) and 2010 (Kami Craig & Tumua Anae). Past USC women's Cutino Award winners are: Bernice Orwig (1999), Aniko Pelle (2000), Moriah Van Norman (2004), Lauren Wenger (2006) and Kami Craig (2009 & 2010). In her second season at USC, junior two-meter Brigitta Games continues to turn heads as a power player at set. USC’s second leading scorer with 36 goals so far this season and freshly inked with a spot on the MPSF All-Tournament Team, Games just collected her first MPSF award with a spot on the 2016 All-MPSF Second Team. A 2015 ACWPC All-America
2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO Honorable Mention recipient and a member of last year’s MPSF All-Newcomer Team, Games has upped her game even more in her junior year. She has struck in 20 different games and also nabbed her first career MPSF Player of the Week accolades this year after a standout effort in an 8-5 rivalry win over UCLA during MPSF play. Recently crowned the MPSF Player of the Year, junior driver Stephania Haralabidis is the Trojans’ top scorer this season with 55 goals to date. In doing so, Haralabidis has bumped up her career count at USC to 177 goals, ranking No. 8 all-time in the history books. Named to the MPSF All-Tournament Team after USC’s run to the 2016 crown last weekend, Haralabidis also picked up a pair of MPSF Player of the Week selections in 2016 as she’s helped pace the Trojans to their undefeated record. She was an MPSF All-Newcomer Team honoree as a freshman and was named to the All-MPSF Second Team last year while currently standing as a two-time ACWPC All-American. This year, Haralabidis has scored in 21 of the 22 games in which she’s played TROJAN SWEEPS WEEKS For their efforts in driving the Trojans to perfect performances at the Triton Invitational and UCI Invitational, USC’s Stephania Haralabidis and Amanda Longan have paired up to sweep the MPSF weekly honors twice so far this season. At the Triton Invitational Haralabidis scored nine goals, topping out with a hat trick in the title match, where the Trojans beat No. 1 UCLA 8-6 in the final. In the semifinals, Haralabidis scored twice to help generate a 6-3 win for USC over Arizona State. At the same event, freshman goalie Longan had a strong showing. In her two appearances, Longan collected a total of eight saves — including a 5-meter penalty stop — and allowed only four goals. She made three saves in three periods of work in the opening 20-2 win over Santa Clara and then made five saves in the same stretch of action in USC’s 6-3 semifinal win over ASU. More recently, the duo proved instrumental again in guiding the Trojans to the 2016 UCI Invitational championship. Haralabidis’ 12 goals at the event included a career-high seven goals in a close 11-10 win over host UC Irvine, the game-winner with 5 second left in the 7-6 semifinal win over Stanford, and a hat trick in the 10-7 championship victory over UCLA. Longan, too, came up big in the cage with 10 saves vs. UCI and 10 more against the Bruins. That marked Longan’s third straight week as MPSF Newcomer of the Week, while Haralabidis secured her second MPSF Player of the Week award of 2016 with the pair’s second sweep of the season.
USC Year-by-Year Records
(College games only) Overall National MPSF MPSF Tourn. Year Record Finish Record Finish 1995 18-13 3rd (Div II) -- -1996 10-18 -- 0-6 6th 1997 15-20 7th 0-6 5th 1998 22-16 5th 3-6 5th 1999 30-2 CHAMPION 8-1 $ 2nd 2000 23-9 2nd 6-3 4th 2001 28-4 -- 8-2 3rd 2002 26-4 -- 10-1 $ 3rd 2003 24-4 -- 9-1 $ 3rd 2004 29-0 CHAMPION 11-0 $ 1st 2005 25-5 3rd 11-1 3rd 2006 27-3 2nd 12-0 $ 2nd 2007 22-6 3rd 10-2 3rd 2008 21-8 2nd 10-2 2nd 2009 26-2 2nd 7-0 $ 1st 2010 25-3 CHAMPION 6-1 2nd 2011 19-8 4th 4-3 5th 2012 23-6 2nd 5-2 3rd 2013 27-1 CHAMPION 5-1 1st 2014 26-4 3rd 4-2 5th 2015 24-6 3rd 4-2 4th TOTAL 490-142 (.775) 133-42 (.760) *NCAA Tournament began in 2001 $ indicates regular-season MPSF champion
INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES The overall young Trojans have garnered plenty of international experience on the way into this 2016 campaign for USC. Incoming freshman goalie Amanda Longan won gold with Team USA at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships, where several other Trojans were competing with their respective countries. The Haralabidis sisters, Ioanna and Stephania were in action with Greece; goalie Victória Chamorro capped up for Brazil; and Hayley McKelvey was a high scorer for Canada. CAGE FIGHTERS USC’s goalkeeping corps this season is ferociously deep. Sophomore Victória Chamorro set a freshman goalie record last season in hauling in 207 saves in her first year as a Trojan. This year, she’s joined by freshman Amanda Longan, who was named Top Goalkeeper at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships during the summer. Added veteran experience comes from senior captain Alegra Hueso, who appeared in 27 games during her first three seasons as a Trojan. OH CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS The most experienced player in the pool this season is junior Avery Peterson — one of three Trojan captains for 2016. Sophomore Brianna Daboub and senior Alegra Hueso also have been selected as team captains for the year. Peterson weighs in as the veteran of the group in that she has logged the most playing time of the bunch. With 20 goals to her name as a Trojan, the 2-meter power was in the water for USC’s last two NCAA Tournament runs. Daboub may just be a sophomore, but her savvy helps her stand out as another key leader for the Trojans this season. She scored 27 goals as a freshman and was named to the 2015 MPSF All-Newcomer Team. A senior, Hueso has been at Troy since her freshman season in 2013, when USC won its last NCAA Championship. UCI INVITE CHAMPS USC tacked up another tournament title to remain undefeated in 2016 with a push to the UCI Invitational championship Feb. 27-28. The Trojans opened up with a 13-3 win over CSUN on day one and would wind up in a tough battle against tournament host UC Irvine later that afternoon, pulling off an 11-10 victory to move into Sunday’s semifinals. There, USC stoned No. 4 Stanford with a ferocious 7-6 comeback win to secure a place in the title match. In another title match faceoff with rival UCLA, USC held its ground against the No. 2 Bruins and pinned up a 10-7 victory to win the championship crown. Stephania Haralabidis would come through with the clutch gamewinning goals against both UC Irvine and Stanford. She’d finish the tournament with 12 goals, including a career-high seven goals in the tight win over UC Irvine. Amanda Longan and Victória Chamorro would share time in the cage, each capping up for two games apiece. Longan got the call-up for the UC Irvine game and the UCLA faceoff in the final, and would come through with 10 saves in both appearances. For their roles in helping to drive the Trojans to the championship, Stephania Haralabidis and Amanda Longan secured another MPSF sweep of weekly awards, as Haralabidis was named MPSF Player of the Week for the second time and Longan grabbed MPSF Newcomer of the Week honors for the third consecutive week. 2016 TROJANS AT A GLANCE The Women of Troy are the direction of head coach Jovan Vavic for the 22nd season. USC looks to extend a streak of 12 straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, and the talent is certainly there to make a strong run at a title. Picked No. 2 in the MPSF Preseason Coaches Poll, the Trojans weighed in just a point behind top-picked Stanford. Both the Trojans and the Cardinal each received three first-place votes, hinting at a heated race for the 2016 title to come. USC returns three of its top five scorers from 2015 — Stephania Haralabidis (64 goals), Ioanna Haralabidis (50 goals) and Melissa Bergesen (37 goals) — along with All-American goalie Victória Chamorro and All-American two-meter power Brigitta Games. The Haralabidis twins earned All-American status last season as well. In all, USC returns 11 members of last season’s 16-player NCAA roster. •
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2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO
Haralabidis & Vavic Sweep As MPSF Player & Coach of the Year
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Stephania Haralabidis leads six All-MPSF honorees from USC.
USC head coach Jovan Vavic has pocketed his fifth career selection as the MPSF Women’s Water Polo Coach of the Year, while junior Stephania Haralabidis is the fourth Trojan in the past eight years to earn honors as the MPSF Player of the Year. The pair lead a pack of six All-MPSF honorees from USC’s http://www.mpsports.org 2016 roster — all of whom have been instrumental in guiding the Women of Troy to an undefeated 23-0 record as they now go in pursuit of a fifth national championship next week. Stephania Haralabidis is joined on the All-MPSF First Team by sister Ioanna Haralabidis and freshman goalie Amanda Longan, who also has a place on the MPSF All-Newcomer Team. Junior Brigitta Games lands a spot on the All-MPSF Second Team, while Brianna Daboub and Avery Peterson have hauled in All-MPSF Honorable Mention. Head coach Jovan Vavic now has a grand total of 11 MPSF Coach of the Year awards to his name — five on the women’s side and six with the men — as he has now guided the Women of Troy through the program’s third undefeated regular season. Last week, Vavic saw his USC women capture their fourth MPSF Championship while preserving a perfect 23-0 record. Only two teams have finished within a goal of the Trojans in games this season, a nod to the powerful balanced that Vavic has developed with this 2016 squad. USC had been picked to finish second in the conference and third in the nation to open the year, but Vavic and his crew have shrugged off those outside expectations as they led the MPSF in both offense and defense and now hold the top seed as they carry that perfect record into the NCAA Tournament for the 13th consecutive season. Vavic and the Women of Troy are gunning for the program’s second undefeated season, last achieved in 2004. USC junior Stephania Haralabidis is the eighth overall Trojan to be selected as MPSF Player of the Year, making it a grand total of 10 such honors for the USC program. The team’s top scorer this season with 55 goals to date, Haralabidis has bumped up her career count at USC to 177 goals, ranking No. 8 all-time in the history books. Recently named to the MPSF All-Tournament Team after USC’s run to the 2016 crown last weekend, Haralabidis also picked up a pair of MPSF Player of the Week selections in 2016 as she’s helped pace the Trojans to their undefeated record. She was an MPSF All-Newcomer Team honoree as a freshman and was named to the All-MPSF Second Team last year while currently standing as a two-time ACWPC All-American. Junior Ioanna Haralabidis also has upgraded last year’s Second Team selection with a spot on the 2016 All-MPSF First Team alongside her twin Stephania. A defensive specialist for the Women of Troy, Ioanna also stands as the team’s third leading scorer this season with 34 goals so far. A 2015 ACWPC All-American, she now ranks as USC’s No. 20 all-time career scorer with 117 goals in just under three seasons of work as a Trojan. In her first year as a Trojan, freshman goalie Amanda Longan’s impressive work in the cage has secured her a place on the All-MPSF First Team. Recently crowned the MPSF Tournament MVP for her role in USC’s run to the MPSF title, Longan is averaging 10.5 saves and just 4.5 goals-against per game in her 15 appearances to date. Longan’s five picks as MPSF Newcomer of the Week also helped make her a shoe-in for a spot on the MPSF AllNewcomer Team. She’s posted eight double-digit save outings so far this season, including a career-high 17 stops secured in an 8-3 win at Stanford to help hand the Cardinal their first MPSF loss since 2009. In her second season at USC, junior Brigitta Games continues to turn heads as a power player at set. USC’s second leading scorer with 36 goals so far this season and freshly inked with a spot on the MPSF All-Tournament Team, Games has her first MPSF award with her spot on the 2016 All-MPSF Second Team. A 2015 ACWPC All-American and a member of last year’s MPSF All-Newcomer Team, Games has upped her game even more in her junior year. She has struck in 20 different games and also nabbed her first career MPSF Player of the Week accolades this year after a standout effort in an 8-5 rivalry win over UCLA during MPSF play. USC’s two All-MPSF Honorable Mention recipients — Brianna Daboub and Avery Peterson — also are reflective of the Trojans’ incredible cohesive balance in 2016. Both team captains, Daboub and Peterson have combined for 58 goals so far this year, including a hat trick apiece in the MPSF championship win last weekend. Sophomore Daboub boasts a deft defensive ability as well as a cannon shot, racking up 25 goals to stand as USC’s fifth leading scorer. She was an MPSF All-Newcomer Team selection as a freshman. Junior two-meter force Avery Peterson, meanwhile, has scored more goals this season than she did in her freshman and sophomore years combined. USC’s fourth leading scorer with 33 goals, Peterson provides a potent tandem with Games at set to give the Trojans an important depth charge. Her selection as MPSF Player of the Week earlier this year was Peterson’s firstever conference honor, making this year’s All-MPSF Honorable Mention accolades a well-deserved award for the junior captain.
USC Career Scoring Leaders 1. Monica Vavic..................2012-15......................291 2. Aniko Pelle.....................1999-02......................255 3. Sofia Konoukh................2001-03......................224 4. Moriah Van Norman.......2003-06......................215 5. Nina Wengst..................1999-02......................213 6. Brittany Hayes................2004-07......................209 7. Katrin Dierolf..................2000-03......................204 8. Stephania Haralabidis.2014-present..............177 9. Michelle Stein.................2006-09......................170 10. Kami Craig.....................2006-10......................152 11. Christina McCall.............1995-97......................142 Alexandra Kiss................2007-10 Kaleigh Gilchrist.............2011-14 14. Erika Figge.....................2004-07......................137 15. Joelle Bekhazi.................2009-11......................135 16. Lauren Wenger...............2003-06......................127 17. Jennifer Durley...............1998-01......................122 18. Kristen Dronberger.........2008-11......................120 19. Eike Daube.....................2012-15......................119 20. Ioanna Haralabidis....2014-present.......... 117 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 10. 12. 13. 14. 17. 19. 21. 22. 26. 27. 28.
Single-Season Goal Leaders
Name Season Sofia Konoukh 2001 Monica Vavic 2015 Aniko Pelle 2001 Monica Vavic 2013 Michelle Stein 2009 Monica Vavic 2014 Sofia Konoukh 2002 Katrin Dierolf 2001 Moriah Van Norman 2003 Aniko Pelle 2000 Stephania Haralabidis 2015 Nina Wengst 2000 Brittany Hayes 2004 Christina McCall 1997 Moriah Van Norman 2004 Stephania Haralabidis 2014 Nina Wengst 2001 Aniko Pelle 2002 Michelle Stein 2008 Joelle Bekhazi 2010 Brittany Hayes 2006 Stephania Haralabidis 2015 Christina McCall 1996 Aniko Pelle 1999 Katrin Dierolf 2002 Nina Wengst 2002 Moriah Van Norman 2006 Brittany Hayes 2005 Sofia Konoukh 2003 Erika Figge 2007 Veronika Bartunkova 2008 Ioanna Haralabidis 2015
Total 104 100 81 77 75 75 70 65 65 64 64 63 59 58 58 58 57 57 56 56 55 55 53 53 53 53 52 51 50 50 50 50
2016 Women’s Collegiate Top-10 (Week 16 • May 4)
Rank School Previous Points 1. USC 1 100 2. UCLA 2 96 3. Stanford 3 92 4. Arizona State 4 88 5. Michigan 5 82 6. California 6 77 7. UC Irvine 8 74 8. Hawai'i 9 69 9. UC Santa Barbara 7 67 10. UC Davis 10 65
USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC
2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO
2016 USC SCHEDULE/RESULTS (23-0 overall • 6-0 MPSF • MPSF CHAMPION)
DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES Feb. 5 #19 UC SAN DIEGO W 17-4 Games 4, S. Haralabidis 3, Peterson 3, Stansfield 2, Chamorro 4, McKelvey 2, Jensen, Daboub, I. Haralabidis. Longan 4 Feb. 6 at Whittier W 28-2 Peterson 6, I. Haralabidis 4, S. Haralabidis 3, Bergesen 3, Longan 4, Games 3, Jensen 3, Fahey 2, Flath 2, Stansfield, Daboub. Hueso 5 Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara W 20-2 Bergesen 3, McKelvey 3, Jensen 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Longan 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Fahey 2, Stansfield, Presten, Hueso 1 Flath, Gudmundsson, Games, Peterson. Feb. 13 @#19 UC San Diego W 15-8 Peterson 3, Jensen 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Games 2, Flath, Chamorro 6 I. Haralabidis, Blubaugh, Daboub, Fahey, Gudmundsson. Feb. 14 @#5 Arizona State W 6-3 I. Haralabidis 2, S. Haralabidis 2, McKelvey, Games. Longan 5, Hueso 2 Feb. 14 @#1 UCLA W 8-6 S. Haralabidis 3, Daboub 3, I. Haralabidis, Games. Chamorro 7 Feb. 20 #25 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W 15-3 S. Haralabidis 4, McKelvey 2, Daboub 2, Games 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Jensen, Peterson, Bergesen.
Longan 13, Hueso 1
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 %#25 Cal State Northridge W 13-3 I. Haralabidis 4, Games 2, Peterson 2, S. Haralabidis, Chamorro 5, Daboub, Bergesen, Stansfield, Gudmundsson. Hueso 1 Feb. 27 %#9 UC Irvine W 11-10 S. Haralabidis 7, Daboub 2, McKelvey, I. Haralabidis. Longan 10 Feb. 28 %#4 Stanford W 7-6 I. Haralabidis 2, Peterson, McKelvey, Daboub, Games, Chamorro 7 S. Haralabidis. Feb. 28 %#2 UCLA W 10-7 S. Haralabidis 3, Stansfield 2, Peterson 2, I. Haralabidis, Longan 10 McKelvey, Games. March 5 at #9 Arizona State * W 8-3 Peterson 3, Games 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Daboub. Longan 5 March 11 #6 UC IRVINE W 7-3 I. Haralabidis 3, Daboub 2, S. Haralabidis, Peterson. Chamorro 7, Longan 3, Hueso 0 March 17 at #4 Hawai’i W 9-5 S. Haralabidis 4, Daboub 3, Games, Jensen. Longan 2, Chamorro 5 March 26 at #10 San Jose State * W 11-6 Peterson 3, Games 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Stansfield, Chamorro 6 Bergesen, Jensen, S. Haralabidis. April 2 at #20 San Diego State W 13-3 S. Haralabidis 3, Games 2, Bergesen, Daboub, Fahey, Longan 10 I. Haralabidis, Jensen, Peterson, Presten, Stansfield. April 3 #23 CSU BAKERSFIELD * W 16-3 S. Haralabidis 4, I. Haralabidis 4, Games 3, McKelvey 2, Chamorro 7 Jensen, Bergesen, Daboub. April 9 #2 UCLA * W 8-5 Games 2, S. Haralabidis 2, I. Haralabidis, Bergesen, Longan 13 Peterson, Daboub. REDLANDS W 23-0 Flath 6, Presten 5, Gudmundsson 4, Fahey 3, Chamorro 1, Stansfield 2, Games, Bergesen, McKelvey. Hueso 4 April 16 at #3 Stanford * W 8-3 McKelvey 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Games, I. Haralabidis, Longan 17 Daboub. April 22 #6 CALIFORNIA * (P12LA & P12BA) W 11-6 S. Haralabidis 4, Games 2, Stansfield, Peterson, Chamorro 6, Jensen, McKelvey, Gudmundsson. Hueso 0 MPSF Tournament (hosted by CSU Bakersfield) April 30 &[5] California W 6-5 Games 2, McKelvey 2, Peterson, S. Haralabidis. May 1 &[2] Stanford W 8-5 Peterson 3, Daboub 3, McKelvey, I. Haralabidis. NCAA Tournament (hosted by UCLA) May 13 !San Diego State May 14 !TBD May 15 !TBD
Chamorro 2, Longan 10 Longan 12
3:30 p.m. TBD TBD
* MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center Player Goals P12 — Televised by Pac-12 Networks Stephania Haralabidis 55 @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine Brigitta Games 36 & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by CSU Bakersfield ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by UCLA Ioanna Haralabidis 34 Avery Peterson 33 Goalie Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Brianna Daboub 25 Victória Chamorro 12 / 38 63 6.6 46 4.8 Hayley McKelvey 21 Amanda Longan 15 / 46 121 10.5 52 4.5 Annika Jensen 14 8 / 9 14 6.2 3 1.3 Melissa Bergesen 13 Alegra Hueso 23 games 198 8.6 101 4.4 Nikki Stansfield 12 Totals Mackenzie Flath 10 Goals by Period 1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. Courtney Fahey 9 USC 77 69 73 59 - - - - 278 12.1 Dagmar Gudmundsson 8 Opponents 29 24 25 23 - - - - 101 4.4 Brooke Presten 7 Sydney Blubaugh 1 TOTAL 278
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Stephania Haralabidis 21 16 55 Brigitta Games 20 12 36 Ioanna Haralabidis 18 9 34 Avery Peterson 17 8 33 Brianna Daboub 16 6 25 Hayley McKelvey 13 6 21 Annika Jensen 9 3 14 Nikki Stansfield 9 3 12 Melissa Bergesen 9 2 13 Courtney Fahey 5 3 9 Mackenzie Flath 4 2 10 Dagmar Gudmundsson 5 1 8 Brooke Presten 3 1 7 Sydney Blubaugh 1 0 1
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MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--May 2, 2016
INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games
1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24
ATHLETE Rae Lekness Stephania Haralabidis Carla Carrega Jamie Neushul Brigitta Games Emily Loughlin Carla Toha Vilanova Kat Klass Avery Peterson Ioanna Haralabidis Ashley Paz Lizette Rozeboom India Forster Devin Grab Anna Yelizarova Daisy Carter Mackenzie Barr Maud Koopman Gurpreet Sohi Katie Sverchek Alexa Tielmann Brianna Daboub Pippa Saunders Donia Momen Dani Jackovich
YEAR SR JR SO JR JR JR FR FR JR JR SO FR SR SO SR SR JR FR SR SR R-JR SO SR JR JR
GOALKEEPER SAVES
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ATHLETE Courtney Wahlstrom Mia Rycraw Amanda Longan Carlee Kapana Julia Hermann Alex Musselman Brittany Tyra Tayler Peters Alicia Magliocco Victoria Chamorro Madeline Trabucco Madison Tagg
YEAR SR SO FR FR R-SO SR JR SO FR SO JR FR
SCHOOL San Jose State USC California Stanford USC California San Jose State Stanford USC USC CSU Bakersfield UCLA UCLA UCLA Stanford Arizona State UCLA Arizona State Stanford Arizona State UCLA USC California San Jose State Stanford
GAMES 33 22 31 26 22 28 33 26 21 22 34 24 25 28 20 24 27 25 26 25 25 22 31 33 26
GOALS 98 55 56 46 36 45 53 41 33 34 52 36 37 41 29 34 38 35 35 33 31 25 35 37 29
GOALS/GAME 2.97 2.50 1.81 1.77 1.64 1.61 1.61 1.58 1.57 1.55 1.53 1.50 1.48 1.46 1.45 1.42 1.41 1.40 1.35 1.32 1.24 1.14 1.13 1.12 1.12
*Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters SCHOOL GAMES SAVES CSU Bakersfield 18.5 225 Arizona State 23 265 USC 11.5 121 UCLA 12.25 114 Stanford 24.7 213 UCLA 16.03 130 CSU Bakersfield 15.5 125 San Jose State 15.75 121 San Jose State 14.4375 96 USC 9.5 63 California 15.84 94 California 14.19 82
SAVES/GAME 12.16 11.52 10.52 9.31 8.62 8.11 8.06 7.68 6.65 6.63 5.93 5.78
2016 MPSF Women’s Water Polo News Release # 15 May 2, 2016
Contact: Darren Preston [email protected] www.mpsports.org
2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO % USC UCLA Stanford Arizona State California San Jose State CSU Bakersfield
MPSF W L
Pct.
Home
Away
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Home
Away Neutral Streak
6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1.000 .833 .667 .500 .333 .167 .000
3-0 3-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 0-3 0-3
3-0 2-1 2-1 1-2 0-3 1-2 0-3
W6 W2 L2 L1 W1 W1 L6
23 24 21 19 21 18 13
7-0 5-0 6-2 10-1 4-1 5-4 0-5
8-0 6-1 6-1 2-3 2-4 3-3 2-6
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
0 4 5 7 10 15 21
1.000 .857 .808 .731 .677 .545 .382
8-0 W23 13-3 W1 9-2 L1 7-3 W1 15-5 L2 10-8 L1 11-10 L10
% USC MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, April 29-May 1
MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--May 2, 2016 Host: CSU Bakersfield
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT Host: UCLA Spieker Aquatics Center; Los Angeles, CA INDIVIDUAL STATS May 13-15, 2016
Hillman Aquatic Center; Bakersfield, CA Friday-Sunday; April 29-May 1
GOALS GOALS-AGAINST *Must *Must Appear Appear In In 50 30 % % of of Team Team Games Quarters
NCAA Tournament Central: ATHLETE
MPSF Tournament Central & Final Stats:GOALS/GAME YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL QUARTERS GA GAA http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=210738432&KEY=&D 1 B_OEM_ID=30500&DB_LANG=C&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT= Lekness SR San Jose 33 98 2.97 1 Rae Amanda Longan FR USCState 46 52 4.52 http://www.gorunners.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1 2 2 Stephania Haralabidis JR USC 22 55 2.50 Victoria Chamorro SO USC 38 46 4.84 3300&ATCLID=205076764 NCAA Bracket: 3 http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/waterpolo-women/nc/2016 Carla Carrega SO California 31 56 1.81 3 Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 49 60 4.90 Sunday, Madison Tagg FR California 56.75 5.36 4 4 Jamie Neushul JR Stanford 26May 1 (Finals) 76 46 1.77 Game 9- No. 1 USC 8, No. 3 Stanford 5 (Championship) 4 Brigitta Alex Musselman SR UCLA 64.13 86 5.36 QUARTERFINALS 5 NCAA Games JR USC 22 36 1.64 Madeline Trabucco JR California 63.375 5.55 Game 8- No. 2 UCLA 7, No. 88 5 California 5 (3rd-Place) 6 6 Emily Loughlin JR California 28 45 1.61 May 13 7 Carla Julia Hermann R-SO Stanford 98.809 140 5.67 6 Friday, Toha Vilanova FR San Jose State 33 53 1.61 Game 1-- No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 7/10 UC San Diego/Whittier 12:00 pm Game 7- No. 4 Arizona St 12, No. 6 San Jose St 5 (5th-place) 8 Kat Mia Rycraw SO Arizona State 92 134 5.83 8 Game Klass FR Stanford 26 41 1.58 2--No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 6 UC Santa Barbara 1:45 pm 9 Avery Brittany Tyra JR CSU 62 Apr. 30 (Semifinals) 133 8.58 3--No. 1Peterson USC vs. No. 8/9 San Diego State/Wagner 3:30 Bakersfield pm 9 Game JR USC 21 33 1.57 Saturday, Game 4--No. 4 Haralabidis Michigan 5:15 Jose pm Game22 4- No. 6 San Jose State 10 Tayler Petersvs. No. 5 Arizona StateJR SO San 63 141 8.95 10 Ioanna USC State 3412, No. 7 CSU Bakersfield 1.55 8 11 Alicia Magliocco FR San Jose State 57.75 139 9.63 11 Ashley Paz SO CSU Bakersfield 34 52 1.53 Game 5 –No. 3 Stanford 6, No. 2 UCLA 3 (semifinal) NCAA SEMIFINALS 12 Lizette Courtney Wahlstrom SR CSU UCLA Bakersfield 74 195 10.54 12 Rozeboom FR 24 36 1.50 Game25 6- No. 1 USC 6, No. 537 California 5 (semifinal)1.48 Saturday, May 14 13 India Forster SR UCLA 2016 PRESEASON POLL Game 5--Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 12:00UCLA pm 14 Devin Grab SO 28 41 WOMEN’S 1.46 TEAM STATS (Preseason • Jan. 13) Friday, Apr. 29 (Quarterfinals) Game 6--Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 1:45 pm 15 Anna Yelizarova Stanford 297 CSU Bakersfield 31.45 2015 Game20 1 –No. 2 UCLA 10, No. TEAM GOALS Game 7--Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 SR 3:30 pm Rank School Final Rank Points 16 Daisy Carter SR Arizona State 24 1.42 Game 8--Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 5:15 pm 1. 34 Stanford 1 98 TEAM GAMES GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME Game27 2 –No. 3 Stanford 10, No. 6 UCLA San Jose State 1.41 6 171 MackenzieUSC Barr JR UCLA 2. 38 2 95 23 278 12.09 NCAA FINALS 3. 35 USC 3 92 18 Maud Koopman FR Arizona State 25 1.40 Game 3- No. 5 California 4, State 3 2 Stanford 26 302 11.62 4. No. 4 Arizona California 4 86 19 Sohi SR Stanford 26 5. 35 UC Irvine 1.35 5 77 3 Gurpreet UCLA 28 322 11.50 Sunday, May 15 6. 33 Arizona State 1.32 9 73 20 Katie Sverchek SR Arizona State 25 Game 9 – Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 (7th-Place) 12:00 pm 4 San Jose State 33 334 10.12 7. Hawaii 6 (T) 67 Game 10 – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (5th-Place) 1:45 pm 215 Alexa Tielmann R-JR UCLA 25 31 San Jose State 1.24 8 8. 62 Arizona State 26 240 9.23 Game 11 – Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8 (3rd-Place) 3:30 pm 9. 25 UC Davis 1.14 11 46 22 Daboub SO USC 22 st-Place) 6 Brianna California 31 274 8.84 5:30 pm Game 12 – Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 (1 10. UC Pacific 1.13 16 (T) 45 237 PippaCSU Saunders SR California 31 35 Bakersfield 34 286 8.41 11. Princeton 6 (T) 40 24 Donia Momen JR San Jose State 33 37 Indiana 1.12 12 12t. 36 12t. Michigan 1.12 RV 36 24 Dani Jackovich JR Stanford 26 29 2016 MPSF Water Polo • Page 1 TEAM DEFENSE
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15. Loyola Marymount 13 (T) 33 TEAM GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME 16. San Diego State 16 (T) 31 GOALKEEPER SAVES *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters USC 23 101 4.39 17. Long Beach State 15 28 ATHLETEUCLA YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SAVES/GAME 18. Cal State Northridge 10 26 28 146 5.21 19. 24 Courtney Wahlstrom SR CSU Bakersfield 18.5 225 Hartwick 12.1618 (T) Arizona State 26 142 5.46 20. Wagner 18 (T) 8 Mia Rycraw SO Arizona 23 265 11.52 California 31 171State 5.52 Others receiving votes: UC San Diego 7, Amanda Stanford Longan FR USC 11.5 121 7, Marist 2,10.52 26 144 5.54 Harvard Iona 2, Cal Baptist 1, Bucknell Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 12.25 114 1. 9.31 San Jose State 33 301 9.12 Julia CSU Hermann R-SO Stanford 24.7 213 8.62 Bakersfield 34 338 9.94 Alex Musselman SR UCLA 16.03 130 8.11 2016 MPSF COACHES Brittany Tyra JR CSU Bakersfield 15.5 125 8.06 PRESEASON POLL Tayler Peters SO San Jose State 15.75 121 Team (1st-place7.68 votes) Points Alicia Magliocco FR San Jose State 14.4375 6.65 1. 96 Stanford (3) 32 2. 63 USC (3) 31 Victoria Chamorro SO USC 9.5 6.63 3. 94 UCLA (1) 29 Madeline Trabucco JR California 15.84 5.93 4. California 22 Madison Tagg FR California 14.19 5. 82 Arizona State 5.78 15 6. San Jose State 12 7. CSU Bakersfield 6
2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO 22ND SEASON • 513-142 (.783) *as of 5/10/2016* HEAD COACH 13 NATIONAL TITLES • 10 CUTINO AWARD WINNERS 12-time NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR 11-time MPSF COACH OF THE YEAR
JOVAN VAVIC
VAVIC AT USC
1996 MPSF Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1998 National Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1999 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2003 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2004 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2005 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2006 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year 2008 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2009 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2010 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2011 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2012 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2013 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year Men’s career coaching record: 494-82 (.858) • 21 seasons Women’s career coaching record: 490-142 (.775) • 21 seasons
Jovan Vavic, one of the most decorated water polo coaches in the country, serves a dual role as the head coach of both the USC men’s and women’s teams. He has been with the USC women’s program since its inception in 1995, and has led both teams to national championships three times in the same school year (1998-99, 2003-04 and 2009-10). A 12-time National Coach of the Year and 10-time MPSF Coach of the Year, Vavic boasts a grand total of 13 combined national titles — including a six-year run with the USC men — and has coached 10 Cutino Award winners. With 13 national championships (nine men’s and four women’s) won during his tenure at USC, Vavic has the most team titles of any USC head coach in history. Vavic’s 2015 women’s team reached the NCAA Tournament for the 12th straight season, taking third place for the second straight season and ending with a 24-6 overall record on the year. That mark improved Vavic’s overall career record on the women’s side to 490-142 (.775) as he now enters his 22nd season as the USC’s women’s head coach. In the calendar years of 2013 and 2010, Vavic swept both sides of the game, winning national championships with the women in the spring and following that with men’s titles in the fall of those years. In 2013, the Women of Troy won the longest NCAA women’s championship game in history, beating Stanford 10-9 in triple sudden death to claim USC’s fourth national championship on the women’s side, while finishing with a 27-1 overall record. The USC men would follow with a historic feat of their own, winning an unprecedented sixth straight national championship in claiming the 2013 crown. In 2010, the USC women and men went back-to-back as Vavic followed 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year awards on the women’s side with 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year with the men in leading the Trojan men to their third consecutive national championship. Following the USC men’s 2009 NCAA title and the USC women’s run to the 2010 national championship, Vavic saw two Trojans sweep the Cutino Awards for the third time in his career, as J.W. Krumpholz and Kami Craig went back-to-back as the 2009 and 2010 Cutino Award winners following the USC women’s run to the 2010 NCAA Championship. The first Trojan pair to sweep the awards was Juraj Zatovic and Lauren Wenger in 2006. Since 1999 when the program was fully funded, Vavic’s record is 401-69 (.853), including 11 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Between 2003 and 2010, Vavic was named either MPSF or National Coach of the Year (or both) every year but one. His 2004 women’s team won the national championship and became the first team in NCAA Championship history to go undefeated (29-0). In 1999, 2004 and 2010, Vavic was named the women’s National and MPSF Coach of the Year. Vavic oversaw the team’s move from Division II in 1995 to Division I in 1996. He guided USC to its first-ever Division I National Collegiate Championships appearance in 1997 and a seventh-place national finish while the 1998 team took fifth nationally. In 1999, USC won the national championship, and Vavic was named the National Coach of the Year and the MPSF Coach of the Year. The 2000 squad added another strong showing, finishing second nationally. Vavic came to USC in 1992 as an assistant men’s water polo coach, joined John Williams as co-head coach in 1995 and took over the men’s program in 1999 after Williams retired. He and Williams were named National Coaches of the Year in 1998 after leading USC to its first-ever national championship. They were also named MPSF Co-Coaches of the Year in 1996 after leading USC to the conference title. In fact, in the 1998-99 season, Vavic did something no other coach has accomplished as his teams won three national championships. Besides capturing the 1998 men’s and 1999 women’s titles, his 1999 men’s club team won the Men’s Senior National Club Championship. In 21 seasons at the helm of the USC men’s program, Vavic has improved his career coaching record on the men’s side to 494-82 (.858) with national championships won in 1998, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, spent the 1990 season as an assistant men’s coach at UCLA. Previously, he coached three seasons (1987-1990) at Palos Verdes (Calif.) High, where he led Palos Verdes to two undefeated league seasons (1987-89). Vavic also served as assistant coach to the U.S. team at the 1995 World University Games, and was the head coach of the team in 2003. In November 2012, Vavic was named interim head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, and led Team USA to World Championship qualification with success at the 2013 UANA World Aquatic Championship Qualification Tournament in Canada. Vavic graduated from UCLA in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He and his wife, Lisa, have four children: Nikola, Monica, Marko and Stefan. Nikola and Monica both played water polo for their father at USC and both won national championships with their respective USC water polo teams.
2010 University ofOF Southern California Men’s Water PoloPOLO 2016 UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER
2016 USC Women’s Water Polo Roster #
NAME
HT.
POS.
YR.
1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Victória Chamorro 5-10 Goalie Amanda Longan 6-2 Goalie Alegra Hueso 5-9 Goalie Melanie Slater 5-7 Goalie Nicola Gonzales 5-8 Goalie Annika Jensen 6-0 Utility Ioanna Haralabidis 5-11 Driver Nikki Stansfield 5-11 Driver Brooke Presten 5-8 Driver Melissa Bergesen 5-10 Driver Mackenzie Flath 5-9 Driver Hayley McKelvey 5-11 Utility Stephania Haralabidis 5-11 Driver Brianna Daboub 5-9 Driver Dagmar Gudmundsson 6-0 Utility Brigitta Games 6-1 2-Meter Courtney Fahey 5-8 Driver Avery Peterson 5-11 2-Meter Cassidy Feltenberger 5-4 Driver Emma Cornwell 5-10 Goalie Ellie D’Ambra 5-5 Driver Lauren Esrig 5-7 Driver Kelly Giery 5-8 Driver Natalie Lavinsky 5-8 Driver Kaitlin Leimbach 5-9 Driver Caitlin Stuewe 5-7 Utility Nicola Welch 5-8 Driver Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Associate Head Coach: Casey Moon Volunteer Assistant Coach: Alexandra Kiss
#3 Ioanna Haralabidis #10 Stephania Haralabidis #11 Brianna Daboub #12 Dagmar Gudmundsson #13 Brigitta Games #14 Courtney Fahey Jovan Vavic Marko Pintaric Alexandra Kiss
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HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Centro Educacional de Lagoa HS) Moorpark, Calif. (Oaks Christian HS) Pasadena, Calif. (Pasadena HS) Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) Fullerton, Calif. (Foothill HS) Orinda, Calif. (Camplindo HS) South Jordan, Utah (Kearns HS/Golden West) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Vancouver, B.C., Canada (Seaquam Secondary) Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Hanford, Calif. (Hanford West HS) Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield HS/Golden West) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) San Pedro, Calif. (San Pedro HS) San Diego, Calif. (Otay Ranch HS) Rolling Hills, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Eugene, Ore. (South Eugene HS) Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Monterey, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep) Westmoorings, Trinidad (St. Joseph’s Convent Port-of-Spain)
PRONUNCIATIONS
Scouting Director: Marko Pintaric Director of Operations: Ivan Ivovic
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SEVENTH PLACE
FIFTH PLACE
Non-advance game 5
Game 9 Noon
Non-advance game 6
Seventh-Place Game May 15
Winner of game 5
Game 10 1:45 p.m.
Winner of game 6
Fifth-Place Game May 15
UCLA (24-4)
Game 1 Noon
UC San Diego* (26-9) vs. Whittier (25-7)
UC Santa Barbara (18-12)
Game 2 1:45 p.m.
Stanford (21-5)
Arizona St. (19-7)
Game 4 5:15 p.m.
Michigan (29-6)
San Diego St.# (16-16) vs. Wagner (29-9)
Game 3 3:30 p.m.
Southern California (23-0)
First Round May 13
Winner of game 1
Game 8 5:15 p.m.
Winner of game 2
Winner of game 4
Game 7 3:30 p.m.
Winner of game 3
Semifinals May 14
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Non-advance game 1
Game 5 Noon
Non-advance game 2
Non-advance game 4
Game 6 1:45 p.m.
Non-advance game 3
Consolation Round May 14
All games streamed live on NCAA.com
Spieker Aquatics Center Los Angeles, California Hosted by University of California, Los Angeles
2016 National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship
Non-advance game 8
Game 11 3:30 p.m.
Non-advance game 7
Third-Place Game May 15
Winner of game 8
Game 12 5:30 p.m.
Winner of game 7
Championship May 15
THIRD PLACE
NATIONAL CHAMPION
University of Southern California
2016 WOMEN’S WATER POLO
USC Sports Information
3501 Watt Way • Heritage Hall 103 • Los Angeles, CA 90089 Phone: (213) 740-8480 • FAX: (213) 740-7584 Water Polo Sports Information Director: Darcy Couch • email: [email protected] 2016 NCAA Tournament | May 13-15 | Westwood, Calif.
USC Looks For Perfect Finish To Perfect Season At 2016 NCAA Tournament Top-seeded Trojans set up camp in Westwood for NCAA action running May 13-15; Aiming for a fifth national title.
2016 SCHEDULE/RESULTS
Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 5 #19 UC SAN DIEGO W 17-4 Feb. 6 at Whittier W 28-2 Feb. 13 @Santa Clara W 20-2 Feb. 13 @#19 UC San Diego W 15-8 Feb. 14 @#5 Arizona State W 6-3 Feb. 14 @#1 UCLA W 8-6 Feb. 20 #25 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W 15-3 Feb. 27 %#25 Cal State Northridge W 13-3 Feb. 27 %#9 UC Irvine W 11-10 Feb. 28 %#4 Stanford W 7-6 Feb. 28 %#2 UCLA W 10-7 March 5 at #9 Arizona State * W 8-3 March 11 #6 UC IRVINE W 7-3 March 17 at #4 Hawai’i W 9-5 March 26 at #10 San Jose State * W 11-6 April 2 at #20 San Diego State W 13-3 April 3 #23 CSU BAKERSFIELD * W 16-3 April 9 #2 UCLA * W 8-5 REDLANDS W 23-0 April 16 at #3 Stanford * W 8-3 April 22 #6 CALIFORNIA * (P12) W 11-6 April 29 &bye April 30 &[5] #6 California W 6-5 May 1 &[3] #3 Stanford W 8-5 NCAA Tournament (hosted by UCLA) May 13 !San Diego State 3:30 p.m. May 14 !TBD TBD May 15 !TBD TBD Home games in BOLD CAPS (at Uytengsu Aquatics Center) * MPSF game (P12) = televised by Pac-12 Networks @ Triton Invitational (hosted by UC San Diego) % UCI Invitational (hosted by UC Irvine) & MPSF Tourn. (hosted by CSU Bakersfield) ! NCAA Champs (hosted by UCLA)
May 13-15 • Spieker Aquatics Complex (Westwood, Calif.) FIRST ROUND (Friday, May 13) 12 p.m. Game 1 UCLA vs. UC San Diego 1:45 p.m. Game 2 Stanford vs. UC Santa Barbara 3:30 p.m. Game 3 USC vs. San Diego St. 5:15 p.m. Game 4 Michigan vs. Arizona State SEMIFINALS (Saturday, May 14) 12 p.m. Game 5 Game 1 vs. Game 2 Losers 1:45 p.m. Game 6 Game 3 vs. Game 4 Losers 3:30 p.m. Semifinal 1 Game 3 vs. Game 4 Winners 5:15 p.m. Semifinal 2 Game 1 vs. Game 2 Winners FINALS (Sunday, May 15) 12 p.m. 7th Place 1:45 p.m. 5th Place 3:30 p.m. 3rd Place 5:30 p.m. Championship all times Pacific
Game 5 vs. Game 6 Losers Game 5 vs. Game 6 Winners Semi 1 vs. Semi 2 Losers Semi 1 vs. Semi 2 Winners
THIS WEEK @USCWaterPolo The top-ranked and top-seeded USC women’s water polo team takes aim at putting the finishing touches on a perfect season as the Trojans remain in hot pursuit of a fifth national championship this week. USC (23-0) engages in NCAA Championship action for the 13th straight year and is hoping to complete the program's second undefeated season — last achieved in 2004. The Women of Troy are looking to claim their fifth national championship in this crosstown journey, hoping to add the 2016 trophy to their 1999, 2004, 2010 and 2013 titles. The 2016 National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championships will take place in Westwood at UCLA's Spieker Aquatics Complex. The 23-0 Trojans will open things with an NCAA Quarterfinal matchup against San Diego State (17-6) at 3:30 p.m. on Friday (May 13). A win there puts USC in a 3:30 p.m. semifinal bout on Saturday (May 14), which will decide who goes on to play for it all. On Sunday (May 15), the NCAA Championship match is set for 5:30 p.m., preceded by the third-place game at 3:30 p.m. All games will have live streaming coverage on ncaa.com with Greg Mescall providing coverage. NCAA TOURNAMENT CENTRAL: http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=210738432 USC IN THE RANKINGS USC opened 2016 ranked No. 3 in the national preseason poll and at No. 2 in the MPSF preseason poll. The Trojans moved up to rank No. 2 on Feb. 10, and rose in the ranks to stand as the No. 1 team in the nation as of the Feb. 17 national poll. The last time USC was ranked No. 1 had been in March 2014. USC remains as the nation’s No. 1 team this week. NCAA NOTES USC has won four national championships in program history, with the first coming in 1999 before the NCAA sponsored women’s water polo. In 2004, the Trojans posted the first-ever undefeated season on the way to capturing the 2004 NCAA title. USC’s third title came in 2010 in a championship win over Stanford. Four years later in 2013, the Trojans topped the Cardinal in triple sudden-death overtime — the longest NCAA final in history — to claim a fourth national championship for USC. USC has also finished third in 2005, 2007, 2014 and 2015, placed second in 2006, 2008 and 2009 and 2012, and was fourth in 2011. This year marks USC’s 13th consecutive NCAA appearance and 13th overall, as the Trojans hold an 25-10 all-time record in NCAA tournament play. What’s more, the Women of Troy have a chance to register the university’s 102nd NCAA team championship with a run to this 2016 tourney title. BRACKET BREAKDOWN The Trojans (23-0) earned their place in the tourney as the automatic bid out of the MPSF by winning the championship yester-
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All-Time Records vs. 2016 NCAA Teams THROUGH MAY 5, 2016
Opponent Stanford UCLA Arizona State UC Santa Barbara Michigan UC San Diego Wagner Whittier San Diego State
W 30 25 25 24 9 12 0 1 34
USC’s Record L (Streak) In NCAA Tourn. 31 (W3) 3-4 49 (W3) 1-6 2 (W4) 0-0 14 (W11) 0-0 0 (W9) 1-0 4 (W12) 0-0 0 (--) 0-0 0 W1 0-0 9 (W33) 1-0
Overall NCAA Tournament Record*: 25-10 *NCAA Tournament began in 2001
PAST NCAA APPEARANCES (12) 2004: CHAMPION (2-0)
def. Hartwick 12-4 def. Loyola Marymount 10-8
2005: 3rd place (2-1) def. Redlands 18-2 lost to Stanford 5-4 def. Hawai’i 11-6
2006: 2nd place (2-1)
def. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 27-2 def. Hawai’i 9-7 lost to UCLA 9-8
2007: 3rd place (2-1)
def. Hartwick 20-5 lost to UCLA 7-6 def. San Diego State 13-6
2008: 2nd place (2-1) def. Michigan 12-3 def. Stanford 10-6 lost to UCLA 6-3
2009: 2nd place (2-1) def. Cal Lutheran 22-2 def. Hawai’i 17-5 lost to UCLA 5-4
2010: CHAMPION (3-0)
def. Marist 20-5 def. Loyola Marymount 10-6 def. Stanford 10-9
2011: 4th place (1-2) def. UC Irvine 14-9 lost to Stanford 8-4 lost to UCLA 6-5
2012: 2nd place (2-1) def. Princeton 14-2 def. UCLA 12-10 lost to Stanford 6-4
2013: CHAMPION (3-0) def. Pomona-Pitzer 27-1 def. Hawai’i 16-9 def. Stanford 10-9 (SD3)
2014: 3rd place (2-1) def. UC Irvine 14-11 lost to UCLA 5-3 def. California 11-8
2015: 3rd place (2-1) def. Hawai'i 14-7 lost to Stanford 9-8 def. California 9-8 (ot)
2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO day in Bakersfield. The rest of the 10-team 2016 NCAA field includes three other MPSF teams — UCLA (24-4), Stanford (21-5) and Arizona State (19-7) — awarded at-large berths, along with the automatic bids won by conference champions around the nation. Those other automatic qualifiers are: Michigan (29-6, Collegiate Water Polo Association), UC Santa Barbara (18-12, Big West Conference), UC San Diego (26-9, Western Water Polo Association), San Diego State (16-16, Gold Coast Conference), Wagner (29-9, Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) and Whittier (25-7, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference). On Tuesday (May 10, four teams participated in two play-in games in order to secure quarterfinal slots. That day, San Diego State beat Wagner 7-4 to move into the quarterfinals against USC, while UC San Diego beat Whittier 11-7 to advance to face UCLA on Friday. The other May 13 quarterfinal matchups are set: Michigan (29-6) will take on Arizona State (19-7), while Stanford (21-5) faces UC Santa Barbara (18-12). THIS TIME LAST YEAR USC snagged an at-large berth in the 2015 NCAA Championships, taking a 22-5 overall record into the tourney after finishing fourth in the MPSF Tournament. In NCAA action in Palo Alto, USC opened up with a 14-7 win over Hawai'i in the quarterfinals to take a place in the semifinals against host Stanford. The Trojans played a tight one against the Cardinal, but were edged out with a 9-8 loss to move into the third-place game. There, USC and California battled into overtime, where Hayley McKelvey scored to get the Trojans their first lead since the first half before Brigitta Games delivered the game-winner with a score in the second frame of OT to beat the Bears 9-8 and claim third in the NCAA tournament. At the close of the tournament, senior Monica Vavic was named to the NCAA All-Tournament First Team, and senior Eike Daube was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Second Team. MPSF CHAMPS USC captured its fifth MPSF Tournament Championship with two gutsy efforts in Bakersfield. The Trojans would trail at halftime in both the semifinal and final, but both times USC answered the call and put forth a ferocious second-half stand to claim clutch comeback victories. USC's undefeated run through the regular season — including a 6-0 mark in MPSF play — gave the Trojans a first-round bye for the MPSF Tournament. They would meet up against an upset-minded California squad in the semifinals. USC shrugged off a two-goal deficit and then dug out of a one-goal hole at halftime thanks to a powerful defensive stand in the second half. In the last 16 minutes of play, USC shut down the Golden Bears and grabbed the two goals it needed to lock in on its 22nd win of 2016 with a 6-5 comeback victory. Goalie Amanda Longan would pin up 10 second-half saves in her 16 minutes of work, while Brigitta Games and Hayley McKelvey scored twice apiece to lead the Trojan offense. It was McKelvey's last blast with 5:38 left to play that wound up as the game-winner for USC as the Trojan defense took over the rest of the way. In the title match the next day against Stanford, USC had again trailed by two early in the game but later rattled off four straight goals in the fourth quarter to take a commanding lead for a power move to an 8-5 final victory that claimed USC's fourth MPSF Tournament championship. USC’s big guns on the day were decidedly Avery Peterson and Brianna Daboub, who matched each other with three goals apiece while Amanda Longan took control
on the defensive end. The freshman goalie amassed 12 saves against Stanford to provide the backbone in USC’s comeback push. At the end of the tournament, Longan was named MPSF Tournament MVP, joined by Brigitta Games and Stephania Haralabidis on the AllTournament Team. AIMING FOR PERFECTION USC's 21-0 record in the 2016 regular season marked the Trojans' third undefeated regular-season finish in program history, also achieved in 2004 and 2006. That 2004 campaign, USC became the first women's team ever to post a full undefeated season, going 29-0 in 2004. In 2006, USC went 24-0 in the regular season before taking its first loss in the MPSF semis. Now, USC is aiming to notch the program's second-ever perfect season. USC (2004) and UCLA (2005 & 2008) are the only women's water polo teams to post a complete undefeated season in NCAA history. PETERSON PICKS UP THE PACE Two-meter player Avery Peterson is off to the races in her junior campaign, having already bettered her previous career total with a powerful 33 goals already scored this season alone. She set a new career high for herself with a six-goal game at Whittier on Feb. 6, and has since picked up her first career selection as MPSF Player of the Week. After punching up a hat trick in a key MPSF road win over Arizona State, Peterson earned the weekly award for the first time on March 8. Her most recent hat trick was a big one as the junior came through in the clutch with three goals against Stanford in the MPSF Tournament championship game. BY THE NUMBERS Through these 23 games of 2016, undefeated USC has outscored opponents 278-101, leading the MPSF in defense (4.39 gapg) and offense (12.09 gpg). Junior Stephania Haralabidis is the top scorer to date with 55 goals — ranking her No. 8 all-time in career scoring with 177 goals. Just behind her are three fellow juniors. Brigitta Games is next in line with 35 goals to date, followed by Ioanna Haralabidis, who is now well past the century mark and has cracked the top-20 in career goals thanks to her 34 goals scored in 2016. Just behind her is fellow junior Avery Peterson, who has more than doubled her sophomore season total with her 33 goals to date. On the defensive end, freshman goalie Amanda Longan has capped in 15 games and is averaging 10.5 saves and 4.5 goals-against per game in her 46 periods of work. Returning All-American goalie Victória Chamorro has appeared in 38 periods and averages 6.6 saves and 4.8 goals-against per game. Senior goalie Alegra Hueso has allowed only three goals in her eight appearances in the cage to date. The Trojan defense has held opponents silent in at least one period of play in 16 games while accumulating a grand total of 28 shutout periods this season so far, including a complete-game shutout of Redlands on April 9 and a second-half shutdown of Cal in the MPSF semifinals. "HEISMAN" HOPEFULS For the fourth time in program history, USC women’s water polo has a pair of nominees in line for collegiate water polo’s highest honor. USC juniors Brigitta Games and Stephania Haralabidis have been announced as finalists for the Peter J. Cutino Award, which will be presented in a ceremony at the Olympic Club in San Francisco on June 4. Both All-Americans, Haralabidis and Games represent the remarkable balance on the
2016 AWARDS
MPSF Player of the Year: Stephania Haralabidis
MPSF Coach of the Year: Jovan Vavic
All-MPSF First Team: Stephania Haralabidis Ioanna Haralabidis Amanda Longan
All-MPSF Second Team: Brigitta Games
All-MPSF Honorable Mention: Brianna Daboub Avery Peterson
MPSF All-Newcomer Team: Amanda Longan
MPSF All-Tournament Team: Amanda Longan (MVP) Brigitta Games Stephania Haralabidis
MPSF Player of the Week: Stephania Haralabidis (Feb. 16) Stephania Haralabidis (March 1) Avery Peterson (March 8) Brigitta Games (April 12)
MPSF Newcomer of the Week: Amanda Longan (Feb. 16) Amanda Longan (Feb. 23) Amanda Longan (March 1) Amanda Longan (April 12) Amanda Longan (April 19)
2016 USC women’s roster. A left-handed driver, Haralabidis is the team’s top scorer, while two-meter power Games has control in the center position and stands as the Trojans’ second leading scorer. Together, the two Women of Troy have helped their team to an undefeated 23-0 record as they now turn to take aim at a fifth national championship. Games' and Haralabidis status as Cutino Award finalists runs USC’s all-time count of nominees for the honor to 15 finalists. Since USC goalie Bernice Orwig won the inaugural Cutino Award in 1999, there have been a grand total of five Women of Troy to win the award — considered the Heisman Trophy of water polo. Back-to-back winner Kami Craig was the last Trojan to capture the Cutino, having done so in 2009 and 2010. USC’s last finalist was Monica Vavic, who was up for the award in 2013 as the 13th all-time USC nominee. USC has had two finalists for the Cutino Award three other times, in 2006 (Lauren Wenger & Brittany Hayes), 2009 (Kami Craig & Michelle Stein) and 2010 (Kami Craig & Tumua Anae). Past USC women's Cutino Award winners are: Bernice Orwig (1999), Aniko Pelle (2000), Moriah Van Norman (2004), Lauren Wenger (2006) and Kami Craig (2009 & 2010). In her second season at USC, junior two-meter Brigitta Games continues to turn heads as a power player at set. USC’s second leading scorer with 36 goals so far this season and freshly inked with a spot on the MPSF All-Tournament Team, Games just collected her first MPSF award with a spot on the 2016 All-MPSF Second Team. A 2015 ACWPC All-America
2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO Honorable Mention recipient and a member of last year’s MPSF All-Newcomer Team, Games has upped her game even more in her junior year. She has struck in 20 different games and also nabbed her first career MPSF Player of the Week accolades this year after a standout effort in an 8-5 rivalry win over UCLA during MPSF play. Recently crowned the MPSF Player of the Year, junior driver Stephania Haralabidis is the Trojans’ top scorer this season with 55 goals to date. In doing so, Haralabidis has bumped up her career count at USC to 177 goals, ranking No. 8 all-time in the history books. Named to the MPSF All-Tournament Team after USC’s run to the 2016 crown last weekend, Haralabidis also picked up a pair of MPSF Player of the Week selections in 2016 as she’s helped pace the Trojans to their undefeated record. She was an MPSF All-Newcomer Team honoree as a freshman and was named to the All-MPSF Second Team last year while currently standing as a two-time ACWPC All-American. This year, Haralabidis has scored in 21 of the 22 games in which she’s played TROJAN SWEEPS WEEKS For their efforts in driving the Trojans to perfect performances at the Triton Invitational and UCI Invitational, USC’s Stephania Haralabidis and Amanda Longan have paired up to sweep the MPSF weekly honors twice so far this season. At the Triton Invitational Haralabidis scored nine goals, topping out with a hat trick in the title match, where the Trojans beat No. 1 UCLA 8-6 in the final. In the semifinals, Haralabidis scored twice to help generate a 6-3 win for USC over Arizona State. At the same event, freshman goalie Longan had a strong showing. In her two appearances, Longan collected a total of eight saves — including a 5-meter penalty stop — and allowed only four goals. She made three saves in three periods of work in the opening 20-2 win over Santa Clara and then made five saves in the same stretch of action in USC’s 6-3 semifinal win over ASU. More recently, the duo proved instrumental again in guiding the Trojans to the 2016 UCI Invitational championship. Haralabidis’ 12 goals at the event included a career-high seven goals in a close 11-10 win over host UC Irvine, the game-winner with 5 second left in the 7-6 semifinal win over Stanford, and a hat trick in the 10-7 championship victory over UCLA. Longan, too, came up big in the cage with 10 saves vs. UCI and 10 more against the Bruins. That marked Longan’s third straight week as MPSF Newcomer of the Week, while Haralabidis secured her second MPSF Player of the Week award of 2016 with the pair’s second sweep of the season.
USC Year-by-Year Records
(College games only) Overall National MPSF MPSF Tourn. Year Record Finish Record Finish 1995 18-13 3rd (Div II) -- -1996 10-18 -- 0-6 6th 1997 15-20 7th 0-6 5th 1998 22-16 5th 3-6 5th 1999 30-2 CHAMPION 8-1 $ 2nd 2000 23-9 2nd 6-3 4th 2001 28-4 -- 8-2 3rd 2002 26-4 -- 10-1 $ 3rd 2003 24-4 -- 9-1 $ 3rd 2004 29-0 CHAMPION 11-0 $ 1st 2005 25-5 3rd 11-1 3rd 2006 27-3 2nd 12-0 $ 2nd 2007 22-6 3rd 10-2 3rd 2008 21-8 2nd 10-2 2nd 2009 26-2 2nd 7-0 $ 1st 2010 25-3 CHAMPION 6-1 2nd 2011 19-8 4th 4-3 5th 2012 23-6 2nd 5-2 3rd 2013 27-1 CHAMPION 5-1 1st 2014 26-4 3rd 4-2 5th 2015 24-6 3rd 4-2 4th TOTAL 490-142 (.775) 133-42 (.760) *NCAA Tournament began in 2001 $ indicates regular-season MPSF champion
INTERNATIONAL INFLUENCES The overall young Trojans have garnered plenty of international experience on the way into this 2016 campaign for USC. Incoming freshman goalie Amanda Longan won gold with Team USA at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships, where several other Trojans were competing with their respective countries. The Haralabidis sisters, Ioanna and Stephania were in action with Greece; goalie Victória Chamorro capped up for Brazil; and Hayley McKelvey was a high scorer for Canada. CAGE FIGHTERS USC’s goalkeeping corps this season is ferociously deep. Sophomore Victória Chamorro set a freshman goalie record last season in hauling in 207 saves in her first year as a Trojan. This year, she’s joined by freshman Amanda Longan, who was named Top Goalkeeper at the 2015 FINA Junior World Championships during the summer. Added veteran experience comes from senior captain Alegra Hueso, who appeared in 27 games during her first three seasons as a Trojan. OH CAPTAINS, MY CAPTAINS The most experienced player in the pool this season is junior Avery Peterson — one of three Trojan captains for 2016. Sophomore Brianna Daboub and senior Alegra Hueso also have been selected as team captains for the year. Peterson weighs in as the veteran of the group in that she has logged the most playing time of the bunch. With 20 goals to her name as a Trojan, the 2-meter power was in the water for USC’s last two NCAA Tournament runs. Daboub may just be a sophomore, but her savvy helps her stand out as another key leader for the Trojans this season. She scored 27 goals as a freshman and was named to the 2015 MPSF All-Newcomer Team. A senior, Hueso has been at Troy since her freshman season in 2013, when USC won its last NCAA Championship. UCI INVITE CHAMPS USC tacked up another tournament title to remain undefeated in 2016 with a push to the UCI Invitational championship Feb. 27-28. The Trojans opened up with a 13-3 win over CSUN on day one and would wind up in a tough battle against tournament host UC Irvine later that afternoon, pulling off an 11-10 victory to move into Sunday’s semifinals. There, USC stoned No. 4 Stanford with a ferocious 7-6 comeback win to secure a place in the title match. In another title match faceoff with rival UCLA, USC held its ground against the No. 2 Bruins and pinned up a 10-7 victory to win the championship crown. Stephania Haralabidis would come through with the clutch gamewinning goals against both UC Irvine and Stanford. She’d finish the tournament with 12 goals, including a career-high seven goals in the tight win over UC Irvine. Amanda Longan and Victória Chamorro would share time in the cage, each capping up for two games apiece. Longan got the call-up for the UC Irvine game and the UCLA faceoff in the final, and would come through with 10 saves in both appearances. For their roles in helping to drive the Trojans to the championship, Stephania Haralabidis and Amanda Longan secured another MPSF sweep of weekly awards, as Haralabidis was named MPSF Player of the Week for the second time and Longan grabbed MPSF Newcomer of the Week honors for the third consecutive week. 2016 TROJANS AT A GLANCE The Women of Troy are the direction of head coach Jovan Vavic for the 22nd season. USC looks to extend a streak of 12 straight trips to the NCAA Tournament, and the talent is certainly there to make a strong run at a title. Picked No. 2 in the MPSF Preseason Coaches Poll, the Trojans weighed in just a point behind top-picked Stanford. Both the Trojans and the Cardinal each received three first-place votes, hinting at a heated race for the 2016 title to come. USC returns three of its top five scorers from 2015 — Stephania Haralabidis (64 goals), Ioanna Haralabidis (50 goals) and Melissa Bergesen (37 goals) — along with All-American goalie Victória Chamorro and All-American two-meter power Brigitta Games. The Haralabidis twins earned All-American status last season as well. In all, USC returns 11 members of last season’s 16-player NCAA roster. •
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2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO
Haralabidis & Vavic Sweep As MPSF Player & Coach of the Year
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Stephania Haralabidis leads six All-MPSF honorees from USC.
USC head coach Jovan Vavic has pocketed his fifth career selection as the MPSF Women’s Water Polo Coach of the Year, while junior Stephania Haralabidis is the fourth Trojan in the past eight years to earn honors as the MPSF Player of the Year. The pair lead a pack of six All-MPSF honorees from USC’s http://www.mpsports.org 2016 roster — all of whom have been instrumental in guiding the Women of Troy to an undefeated 23-0 record as they now go in pursuit of a fifth national championship next week. Stephania Haralabidis is joined on the All-MPSF First Team by sister Ioanna Haralabidis and freshman goalie Amanda Longan, who also has a place on the MPSF All-Newcomer Team. Junior Brigitta Games lands a spot on the All-MPSF Second Team, while Brianna Daboub and Avery Peterson have hauled in All-MPSF Honorable Mention. Head coach Jovan Vavic now has a grand total of 11 MPSF Coach of the Year awards to his name — five on the women’s side and six with the men — as he has now guided the Women of Troy through the program’s third undefeated regular season. Last week, Vavic saw his USC women capture their fourth MPSF Championship while preserving a perfect 23-0 record. Only two teams have finished within a goal of the Trojans in games this season, a nod to the powerful balanced that Vavic has developed with this 2016 squad. USC had been picked to finish second in the conference and third in the nation to open the year, but Vavic and his crew have shrugged off those outside expectations as they led the MPSF in both offense and defense and now hold the top seed as they carry that perfect record into the NCAA Tournament for the 13th consecutive season. Vavic and the Women of Troy are gunning for the program’s second undefeated season, last achieved in 2004. USC junior Stephania Haralabidis is the eighth overall Trojan to be selected as MPSF Player of the Year, making it a grand total of 10 such honors for the USC program. The team’s top scorer this season with 55 goals to date, Haralabidis has bumped up her career count at USC to 177 goals, ranking No. 8 all-time in the history books. Recently named to the MPSF All-Tournament Team after USC’s run to the 2016 crown last weekend, Haralabidis also picked up a pair of MPSF Player of the Week selections in 2016 as she’s helped pace the Trojans to their undefeated record. She was an MPSF All-Newcomer Team honoree as a freshman and was named to the All-MPSF Second Team last year while currently standing as a two-time ACWPC All-American. Junior Ioanna Haralabidis also has upgraded last year’s Second Team selection with a spot on the 2016 All-MPSF First Team alongside her twin Stephania. A defensive specialist for the Women of Troy, Ioanna also stands as the team’s third leading scorer this season with 34 goals so far. A 2015 ACWPC All-American, she now ranks as USC’s No. 20 all-time career scorer with 117 goals in just under three seasons of work as a Trojan. In her first year as a Trojan, freshman goalie Amanda Longan’s impressive work in the cage has secured her a place on the All-MPSF First Team. Recently crowned the MPSF Tournament MVP for her role in USC’s run to the MPSF title, Longan is averaging 10.5 saves and just 4.5 goals-against per game in her 15 appearances to date. Longan’s five picks as MPSF Newcomer of the Week also helped make her a shoe-in for a spot on the MPSF AllNewcomer Team. She’s posted eight double-digit save outings so far this season, including a career-high 17 stops secured in an 8-3 win at Stanford to help hand the Cardinal their first MPSF loss since 2009. In her second season at USC, junior Brigitta Games continues to turn heads as a power player at set. USC’s second leading scorer with 36 goals so far this season and freshly inked with a spot on the MPSF All-Tournament Team, Games has her first MPSF award with her spot on the 2016 All-MPSF Second Team. A 2015 ACWPC All-American and a member of last year’s MPSF All-Newcomer Team, Games has upped her game even more in her junior year. She has struck in 20 different games and also nabbed her first career MPSF Player of the Week accolades this year after a standout effort in an 8-5 rivalry win over UCLA during MPSF play. USC’s two All-MPSF Honorable Mention recipients — Brianna Daboub and Avery Peterson — also are reflective of the Trojans’ incredible cohesive balance in 2016. Both team captains, Daboub and Peterson have combined for 58 goals so far this year, including a hat trick apiece in the MPSF championship win last weekend. Sophomore Daboub boasts a deft defensive ability as well as a cannon shot, racking up 25 goals to stand as USC’s fifth leading scorer. She was an MPSF All-Newcomer Team selection as a freshman. Junior two-meter force Avery Peterson, meanwhile, has scored more goals this season than she did in her freshman and sophomore years combined. USC’s fourth leading scorer with 33 goals, Peterson provides a potent tandem with Games at set to give the Trojans an important depth charge. Her selection as MPSF Player of the Week earlier this year was Peterson’s firstever conference honor, making this year’s All-MPSF Honorable Mention accolades a well-deserved award for the junior captain.
USC Career Scoring Leaders 1. Monica Vavic..................2012-15......................291 2. Aniko Pelle.....................1999-02......................255 3. Sofia Konoukh................2001-03......................224 4. Moriah Van Norman.......2003-06......................215 5. Nina Wengst..................1999-02......................213 6. Brittany Hayes................2004-07......................209 7. Katrin Dierolf..................2000-03......................204 8. Stephania Haralabidis.2014-present..............177 9. Michelle Stein.................2006-09......................170 10. Kami Craig.....................2006-10......................152 11. Christina McCall.............1995-97......................142 Alexandra Kiss................2007-10 Kaleigh Gilchrist.............2011-14 14. Erika Figge.....................2004-07......................137 15. Joelle Bekhazi.................2009-11......................135 16. Lauren Wenger...............2003-06......................127 17. Jennifer Durley...............1998-01......................122 18. Kristen Dronberger.........2008-11......................120 19. Eike Daube.....................2012-15......................119 20. Ioanna Haralabidis....2014-present.......... 117 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 7. 8. 10. 12. 13. 14. 17. 19. 21. 22. 26. 27. 28.
Single-Season Goal Leaders
Name Season Sofia Konoukh 2001 Monica Vavic 2015 Aniko Pelle 2001 Monica Vavic 2013 Michelle Stein 2009 Monica Vavic 2014 Sofia Konoukh 2002 Katrin Dierolf 2001 Moriah Van Norman 2003 Aniko Pelle 2000 Stephania Haralabidis 2015 Nina Wengst 2000 Brittany Hayes 2004 Christina McCall 1997 Moriah Van Norman 2004 Stephania Haralabidis 2014 Nina Wengst 2001 Aniko Pelle 2002 Michelle Stein 2008 Joelle Bekhazi 2010 Brittany Hayes 2006 Stephania Haralabidis 2015 Christina McCall 1996 Aniko Pelle 1999 Katrin Dierolf 2002 Nina Wengst 2002 Moriah Van Norman 2006 Brittany Hayes 2005 Sofia Konoukh 2003 Erika Figge 2007 Veronika Bartunkova 2008 Ioanna Haralabidis 2015
Total 104 100 81 77 75 75 70 65 65 64 64 63 59 58 58 58 57 57 56 56 55 55 53 53 53 53 52 51 50 50 50 50
2016 Women’s Collegiate Top-10 (Week 16 • May 4)
Rank School Previous Points 1. USC 1 100 2. UCLA 2 96 3. Stanford 3 92 4. Arizona State 4 88 5. Michigan 5 82 6. California 6 77 7. UC Irvine 8 74 8. Hawai'i 9 69 9. UC Santa Barbara 7 67 10. UC Davis 10 65
USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC • USC
2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO
2016 USC SCHEDULE/RESULTS (23-0 overall • 6-0 MPSF • MPSF CHAMPION)
DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT SCORE SCORERS SAVES Feb. 5 #19 UC SAN DIEGO W 17-4 Games 4, S. Haralabidis 3, Peterson 3, Stansfield 2, Chamorro 4, McKelvey 2, Jensen, Daboub, I. Haralabidis. Longan 4 Feb. 6 at Whittier W 28-2 Peterson 6, I. Haralabidis 4, S. Haralabidis 3, Bergesen 3, Longan 4, Games 3, Jensen 3, Fahey 2, Flath 2, Stansfield, Daboub. Hueso 5 Triton Invitational Feb. 13 @Santa Clara W 20-2 Bergesen 3, McKelvey 3, Jensen 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Longan 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Fahey 2, Stansfield, Presten, Hueso 1 Flath, Gudmundsson, Games, Peterson. Feb. 13 @#19 UC San Diego W 15-8 Peterson 3, Jensen 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Games 2, Flath, Chamorro 6 I. Haralabidis, Blubaugh, Daboub, Fahey, Gudmundsson. Feb. 14 @#5 Arizona State W 6-3 I. Haralabidis 2, S. Haralabidis 2, McKelvey, Games. Longan 5, Hueso 2 Feb. 14 @#1 UCLA W 8-6 S. Haralabidis 3, Daboub 3, I. Haralabidis, Games. Chamorro 7 Feb. 20 #25 CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE W 15-3 S. Haralabidis 4, McKelvey 2, Daboub 2, Games 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Jensen, Peterson, Bergesen.
Longan 13, Hueso 1
UCI Invitational Feb. 27 %#25 Cal State Northridge W 13-3 I. Haralabidis 4, Games 2, Peterson 2, S. Haralabidis, Chamorro 5, Daboub, Bergesen, Stansfield, Gudmundsson. Hueso 1 Feb. 27 %#9 UC Irvine W 11-10 S. Haralabidis 7, Daboub 2, McKelvey, I. Haralabidis. Longan 10 Feb. 28 %#4 Stanford W 7-6 I. Haralabidis 2, Peterson, McKelvey, Daboub, Games, Chamorro 7 S. Haralabidis. Feb. 28 %#2 UCLA W 10-7 S. Haralabidis 3, Stansfield 2, Peterson 2, I. Haralabidis, Longan 10 McKelvey, Games. March 5 at #9 Arizona State * W 8-3 Peterson 3, Games 2, S. Haralabidis 2, Daboub. Longan 5 March 11 #6 UC IRVINE W 7-3 I. Haralabidis 3, Daboub 2, S. Haralabidis, Peterson. Chamorro 7, Longan 3, Hueso 0 March 17 at #4 Hawai’i W 9-5 S. Haralabidis 4, Daboub 3, Games, Jensen. Longan 2, Chamorro 5 March 26 at #10 San Jose State * W 11-6 Peterson 3, Games 2, I. Haralabidis 2, Stansfield, Chamorro 6 Bergesen, Jensen, S. Haralabidis. April 2 at #20 San Diego State W 13-3 S. Haralabidis 3, Games 2, Bergesen, Daboub, Fahey, Longan 10 I. Haralabidis, Jensen, Peterson, Presten, Stansfield. April 3 #23 CSU BAKERSFIELD * W 16-3 S. Haralabidis 4, I. Haralabidis 4, Games 3, McKelvey 2, Chamorro 7 Jensen, Bergesen, Daboub. April 9 #2 UCLA * W 8-5 Games 2, S. Haralabidis 2, I. Haralabidis, Bergesen, Longan 13 Peterson, Daboub. REDLANDS W 23-0 Flath 6, Presten 5, Gudmundsson 4, Fahey 3, Chamorro 1, Stansfield 2, Games, Bergesen, McKelvey. Hueso 4 April 16 at #3 Stanford * W 8-3 McKelvey 3, S. Haralabidis 2, Games, I. Haralabidis, Longan 17 Daboub. April 22 #6 CALIFORNIA * (P12LA & P12BA) W 11-6 S. Haralabidis 4, Games 2, Stansfield, Peterson, Chamorro 6, Jensen, McKelvey, Gudmundsson. Hueso 0 MPSF Tournament (hosted by CSU Bakersfield) April 30 &[5] California W 6-5 Games 2, McKelvey 2, Peterson, S. Haralabidis. May 1 &[2] Stanford W 8-5 Peterson 3, Daboub 3, McKelvey, I. Haralabidis. NCAA Tournament (hosted by UCLA) May 13 !San Diego State May 14 !TBD May 15 !TBD
Chamorro 2, Longan 10 Longan 12
3:30 p.m. TBD TBD
* MPSF game Home games in BOLD CAPS — Held at Uytengsu Aquatics Center Player Goals P12 — Televised by Pac-12 Networks Stephania Haralabidis 55 @ Triton Invitational — Hosted by UC San Diego % UCI Invitational — Hosted by UC Irvine Brigitta Games 36 & MPSF Tournament — Hosted by CSU Bakersfield ! NCAA Tournament — Hosted by UCLA Ioanna Haralabidis 34 Avery Peterson 33 Goalie Games/Pds Saves SPG Goals Agst GAPG Brianna Daboub 25 Victória Chamorro 12 / 38 63 6.6 46 4.8 Hayley McKelvey 21 Amanda Longan 15 / 46 121 10.5 52 4.5 Annika Jensen 14 8 / 9 14 6.2 3 1.3 Melissa Bergesen 13 Alegra Hueso 23 games 198 8.6 101 4.4 Nikki Stansfield 12 Totals Mackenzie Flath 10 Goals by Period 1 2 3 4 OT1 OT2 SD1 SD2 Total Ave. Courtney Fahey 9 USC 77 69 73 59 - - - - 278 12.1 Dagmar Gudmundsson 8 Opponents 29 24 25 23 - - - - 101 4.4 Brooke Presten 7 Sydney Blubaugh 1 TOTAL 278
Games Mult-Goal Total Player Scored in Games Goals Stephania Haralabidis 21 16 55 Brigitta Games 20 12 36 Ioanna Haralabidis 18 9 34 Avery Peterson 17 8 33 Brianna Daboub 16 6 25 Hayley McKelvey 13 6 21 Annika Jensen 9 3 14 Nikki Stansfield 9 3 12 Melissa Bergesen 9 2 13 Courtney Fahey 5 3 9 Mackenzie Flath 4 2 10 Dagmar Gudmundsson 5 1 8 Brooke Presten 3 1 7 Sydney Blubaugh 1 0 1
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MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--May 2, 2016
INDIVIDUAL STATS GOALS *Must Appear In 50 % of Team Games
1 2 3 4 5 6 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24
ATHLETE Rae Lekness Stephania Haralabidis Carla Carrega Jamie Neushul Brigitta Games Emily Loughlin Carla Toha Vilanova Kat Klass Avery Peterson Ioanna Haralabidis Ashley Paz Lizette Rozeboom India Forster Devin Grab Anna Yelizarova Daisy Carter Mackenzie Barr Maud Koopman Gurpreet Sohi Katie Sverchek Alexa Tielmann Brianna Daboub Pippa Saunders Donia Momen Dani Jackovich
YEAR SR JR SO JR JR JR FR FR JR JR SO FR SR SO SR SR JR FR SR SR R-JR SO SR JR JR
GOALKEEPER SAVES
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ATHLETE Courtney Wahlstrom Mia Rycraw Amanda Longan Carlee Kapana Julia Hermann Alex Musselman Brittany Tyra Tayler Peters Alicia Magliocco Victoria Chamorro Madeline Trabucco Madison Tagg
YEAR SR SO FR FR R-SO SR JR SO FR SO JR FR
SCHOOL San Jose State USC California Stanford USC California San Jose State Stanford USC USC CSU Bakersfield UCLA UCLA UCLA Stanford Arizona State UCLA Arizona State Stanford Arizona State UCLA USC California San Jose State Stanford
GAMES 33 22 31 26 22 28 33 26 21 22 34 24 25 28 20 24 27 25 26 25 25 22 31 33 26
GOALS 98 55 56 46 36 45 53 41 33 34 52 36 37 41 29 34 38 35 35 33 31 25 35 37 29
GOALS/GAME 2.97 2.50 1.81 1.77 1.64 1.61 1.61 1.58 1.57 1.55 1.53 1.50 1.48 1.46 1.45 1.42 1.41 1.40 1.35 1.32 1.24 1.14 1.13 1.12 1.12
*Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters SCHOOL GAMES SAVES CSU Bakersfield 18.5 225 Arizona State 23 265 USC 11.5 121 UCLA 12.25 114 Stanford 24.7 213 UCLA 16.03 130 CSU Bakersfield 15.5 125 San Jose State 15.75 121 San Jose State 14.4375 96 USC 9.5 63 California 15.84 94 California 14.19 82
SAVES/GAME 12.16 11.52 10.52 9.31 8.62 8.11 8.06 7.68 6.65 6.63 5.93 5.78
2016 MPSF Women’s Water Polo News Release # 15 May 2, 2016
Contact: Darren Preston [email protected] www.mpsports.org
2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO % USC UCLA Stanford Arizona State California San Jose State CSU Bakersfield
MPSF W L
Pct.
Home
Away
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Home
Away Neutral Streak
6 5 4 3 2 1 0
1.000 .833 .667 .500 .333 .167 .000
3-0 3-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 0-3 0-3
3-0 2-1 2-1 1-2 0-3 1-2 0-3
W6 W2 L2 L1 W1 W1 L6
23 24 21 19 21 18 13
7-0 5-0 6-2 10-1 4-1 5-4 0-5
8-0 6-1 6-1 2-3 2-4 3-3 2-6
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
0 4 5 7 10 15 21
1.000 .857 .808 .731 .677 .545 .382
8-0 W23 13-3 W1 9-2 L1 7-3 W1 15-5 L2 10-8 L1 11-10 L10
% USC MPSF Champion and NCAA Automatic Qualifier determined at conference tournament, April 29-May 1
MPSF CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT MPSF WOMEN'S WATER POLO STATISTICS--May 2, 2016 Host: CSU Bakersfield
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT Host: UCLA Spieker Aquatics Center; Los Angeles, CA INDIVIDUAL STATS May 13-15, 2016
Hillman Aquatic Center; Bakersfield, CA Friday-Sunday; April 29-May 1
GOALS GOALS-AGAINST *Must *Must Appear Appear In In 50 30 % % of of Team Team Games Quarters
NCAA Tournament Central: ATHLETE
MPSF Tournament Central & Final Stats:GOALS/GAME YEAR SCHOOL GAMES GOALS ATHLETE YEAR SCHOOL QUARTERS GA GAA http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=210738432&KEY=&D 1 B_OEM_ID=30500&DB_LANG=C&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT= Lekness SR San Jose 33 98 2.97 1 Rae Amanda Longan FR USCState 46 52 4.52 http://www.gorunners.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1 2 2 Stephania Haralabidis JR USC 22 55 2.50 Victoria Chamorro SO USC 38 46 4.84 3300&ATCLID=205076764 NCAA Bracket: 3 http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/waterpolo-women/nc/2016 Carla Carrega SO California 31 56 1.81 3 Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 49 60 4.90 Sunday, Madison Tagg FR California 56.75 5.36 4 4 Jamie Neushul JR Stanford 26May 1 (Finals) 76 46 1.77 Game 9- No. 1 USC 8, No. 3 Stanford 5 (Championship) 4 Brigitta Alex Musselman SR UCLA 64.13 86 5.36 QUARTERFINALS 5 NCAA Games JR USC 22 36 1.64 Madeline Trabucco JR California 63.375 5.55 Game 8- No. 2 UCLA 7, No. 88 5 California 5 (3rd-Place) 6 6 Emily Loughlin JR California 28 45 1.61 May 13 7 Carla Julia Hermann R-SO Stanford 98.809 140 5.67 6 Friday, Toha Vilanova FR San Jose State 33 53 1.61 Game 1-- No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 7/10 UC San Diego/Whittier 12:00 pm Game 7- No. 4 Arizona St 12, No. 6 San Jose St 5 (5th-place) 8 Kat Mia Rycraw SO Arizona State 92 134 5.83 8 Game Klass FR Stanford 26 41 1.58 2--No. 3 Stanford vs. No. 6 UC Santa Barbara 1:45 pm 9 Avery Brittany Tyra JR CSU 62 Apr. 30 (Semifinals) 133 8.58 3--No. 1Peterson USC vs. No. 8/9 San Diego State/Wagner 3:30 Bakersfield pm 9 Game JR USC 21 33 1.57 Saturday, Game 4--No. 4 Haralabidis Michigan 5:15 Jose pm Game22 4- No. 6 San Jose State 10 Tayler Petersvs. No. 5 Arizona StateJR SO San 63 141 8.95 10 Ioanna USC State 3412, No. 7 CSU Bakersfield 1.55 8 11 Alicia Magliocco FR San Jose State 57.75 139 9.63 11 Ashley Paz SO CSU Bakersfield 34 52 1.53 Game 5 –No. 3 Stanford 6, No. 2 UCLA 3 (semifinal) NCAA SEMIFINALS 12 Lizette Courtney Wahlstrom SR CSU UCLA Bakersfield 74 195 10.54 12 Rozeboom FR 24 36 1.50 Game25 6- No. 1 USC 6, No. 537 California 5 (semifinal)1.48 Saturday, May 14 13 India Forster SR UCLA 2016 PRESEASON POLL Game 5--Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 12:00UCLA pm 14 Devin Grab SO 28 41 WOMEN’S 1.46 TEAM STATS (Preseason • Jan. 13) Friday, Apr. 29 (Quarterfinals) Game 6--Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 1:45 pm 15 Anna Yelizarova Stanford 297 CSU Bakersfield 31.45 2015 Game20 1 –No. 2 UCLA 10, No. TEAM GOALS Game 7--Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 SR 3:30 pm Rank School Final Rank Points 16 Daisy Carter SR Arizona State 24 1.42 Game 8--Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 5:15 pm 1. 34 Stanford 1 98 TEAM GAMES GOALS SCORED GOALS/GAME Game27 2 –No. 3 Stanford 10, No. 6 UCLA San Jose State 1.41 6 171 MackenzieUSC Barr JR UCLA 2. 38 2 95 23 278 12.09 NCAA FINALS 3. 35 USC 3 92 18 Maud Koopman FR Arizona State 25 1.40 Game 3- No. 5 California 4, State 3 2 Stanford 26 302 11.62 4. No. 4 Arizona California 4 86 19 Sohi SR Stanford 26 5. 35 UC Irvine 1.35 5 77 3 Gurpreet UCLA 28 322 11.50 Sunday, May 15 6. 33 Arizona State 1.32 9 73 20 Katie Sverchek SR Arizona State 25 Game 9 – Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 (7th-Place) 12:00 pm 4 San Jose State 33 334 10.12 7. Hawaii 6 (T) 67 Game 10 – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (5th-Place) 1:45 pm 215 Alexa Tielmann R-JR UCLA 25 31 San Jose State 1.24 8 8. 62 Arizona State 26 240 9.23 Game 11 – Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8 (3rd-Place) 3:30 pm 9. 25 UC Davis 1.14 11 46 22 Daboub SO USC 22 st-Place) 6 Brianna California 31 274 8.84 5:30 pm Game 12 – Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 (1 10. UC Pacific 1.13 16 (T) 45 237 PippaCSU Saunders SR California 31 35 Bakersfield 34 286 8.41 11. Princeton 6 (T) 40 24 Donia Momen JR San Jose State 33 37 Indiana 1.12 12 12t. 36 12t. Michigan 1.12 RV 36 24 Dani Jackovich JR Stanford 26 29 2016 MPSF Water Polo • Page 1 TEAM DEFENSE
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15. Loyola Marymount 13 (T) 33 TEAM GAMES GOALS AGAINST GOALS/GAME 16. San Diego State 16 (T) 31 GOALKEEPER SAVES *Must Appear In 30 % of Team Quarters USC 23 101 4.39 17. Long Beach State 15 28 ATHLETEUCLA YEAR SCHOOL GAMES SAVES SAVES/GAME 18. Cal State Northridge 10 26 28 146 5.21 19. 24 Courtney Wahlstrom SR CSU Bakersfield 18.5 225 Hartwick 12.1618 (T) Arizona State 26 142 5.46 20. Wagner 18 (T) 8 Mia Rycraw SO Arizona 23 265 11.52 California 31 171State 5.52 Others receiving votes: UC San Diego 7, Amanda Stanford Longan FR USC 11.5 121 7, Marist 2,10.52 26 144 5.54 Harvard Iona 2, Cal Baptist 1, Bucknell Carlee Kapana FR UCLA 12.25 114 1. 9.31 San Jose State 33 301 9.12 Julia CSU Hermann R-SO Stanford 24.7 213 8.62 Bakersfield 34 338 9.94 Alex Musselman SR UCLA 16.03 130 8.11 2016 MPSF COACHES Brittany Tyra JR CSU Bakersfield 15.5 125 8.06 PRESEASON POLL Tayler Peters SO San Jose State 15.75 121 Team (1st-place7.68 votes) Points Alicia Magliocco FR San Jose State 14.4375 6.65 1. 96 Stanford (3) 32 2. 63 USC (3) 31 Victoria Chamorro SO USC 9.5 6.63 3. 94 UCLA (1) 29 Madeline Trabucco JR California 15.84 5.93 4. California 22 Madison Tagg FR California 14.19 5. 82 Arizona State 5.78 15 6. San Jose State 12 7. CSU Bakersfield 6
2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER POLO 22ND SEASON • 513-142 (.783) *as of 5/10/2016* HEAD COACH 13 NATIONAL TITLES • 10 CUTINO AWARD WINNERS 12-time NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR 11-time MPSF COACH OF THE YEAR
JOVAN VAVIC
VAVIC AT USC
1996 MPSF Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1998 National Men’s Co-Coach of the Year 1999 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2003 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2004 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year 2005 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2006 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year 2008 MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2009 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2010 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year MPSF Men’s Coach of the Year National Men’s Coach of the Year 2011 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2012 National Men’s Coach of the Year 2013 MPSF Women’s Coach of the Year National Women’s Coach of the Year Men’s career coaching record: 494-82 (.858) • 21 seasons Women’s career coaching record: 490-142 (.775) • 21 seasons
Jovan Vavic, one of the most decorated water polo coaches in the country, serves a dual role as the head coach of both the USC men’s and women’s teams. He has been with the USC women’s program since its inception in 1995, and has led both teams to national championships three times in the same school year (1998-99, 2003-04 and 2009-10). A 12-time National Coach of the Year and 10-time MPSF Coach of the Year, Vavic boasts a grand total of 13 combined national titles — including a six-year run with the USC men — and has coached 10 Cutino Award winners. With 13 national championships (nine men’s and four women’s) won during his tenure at USC, Vavic has the most team titles of any USC head coach in history. Vavic’s 2015 women’s team reached the NCAA Tournament for the 12th straight season, taking third place for the second straight season and ending with a 24-6 overall record on the year. That mark improved Vavic’s overall career record on the women’s side to 490-142 (.775) as he now enters his 22nd season as the USC’s women’s head coach. In the calendar years of 2013 and 2010, Vavic swept both sides of the game, winning national championships with the women in the spring and following that with men’s titles in the fall of those years. In 2013, the Women of Troy won the longest NCAA women’s championship game in history, beating Stanford 10-9 in triple sudden death to claim USC’s fourth national championship on the women’s side, while finishing with a 27-1 overall record. The USC men would follow with a historic feat of their own, winning an unprecedented sixth straight national championship in claiming the 2013 crown. In 2010, the USC women and men went back-to-back as Vavic followed 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year awards on the women’s side with 2010 National and MPSF Coach of the Year with the men in leading the Trojan men to their third consecutive national championship. Following the USC men’s 2009 NCAA title and the USC women’s run to the 2010 national championship, Vavic saw two Trojans sweep the Cutino Awards for the third time in his career, as J.W. Krumpholz and Kami Craig went back-to-back as the 2009 and 2010 Cutino Award winners following the USC women’s run to the 2010 NCAA Championship. The first Trojan pair to sweep the awards was Juraj Zatovic and Lauren Wenger in 2006. Since 1999 when the program was fully funded, Vavic’s record is 401-69 (.853), including 11 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Between 2003 and 2010, Vavic was named either MPSF or National Coach of the Year (or both) every year but one. His 2004 women’s team won the national championship and became the first team in NCAA Championship history to go undefeated (29-0). In 1999, 2004 and 2010, Vavic was named the women’s National and MPSF Coach of the Year. Vavic oversaw the team’s move from Division II in 1995 to Division I in 1996. He guided USC to its first-ever Division I National Collegiate Championships appearance in 1997 and a seventh-place national finish while the 1998 team took fifth nationally. In 1999, USC won the national championship, and Vavic was named the National Coach of the Year and the MPSF Coach of the Year. The 2000 squad added another strong showing, finishing second nationally. Vavic came to USC in 1992 as an assistant men’s water polo coach, joined John Williams as co-head coach in 1995 and took over the men’s program in 1999 after Williams retired. He and Williams were named National Coaches of the Year in 1998 after leading USC to its first-ever national championship. They were also named MPSF Co-Coaches of the Year in 1996 after leading USC to the conference title. In fact, in the 1998-99 season, Vavic did something no other coach has accomplished as his teams won three national championships. Besides capturing the 1998 men’s and 1999 women’s titles, his 1999 men’s club team won the Men’s Senior National Club Championship. In 21 seasons at the helm of the USC men’s program, Vavic has improved his career coaching record on the men’s side to 494-82 (.858) with national championships won in 1998, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. Vavic, a native of Yugoslavia, spent the 1990 season as an assistant men’s coach at UCLA. Previously, he coached three seasons (1987-1990) at Palos Verdes (Calif.) High, where he led Palos Verdes to two undefeated league seasons (1987-89). Vavic also served as assistant coach to the U.S. team at the 1995 World University Games, and was the head coach of the team in 2003. In November 2012, Vavic was named interim head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team, and led Team USA to World Championship qualification with success at the 2013 UANA World Aquatic Championship Qualification Tournament in Canada. Vavic graduated from UCLA in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He and his wife, Lisa, have four children: Nikola, Monica, Marko and Stefan. Nikola and Monica both played water polo for their father at USC and both won national championships with their respective USC water polo teams.
2010 University ofOF Southern California Men’s Water PoloPOLO 2016 UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S WATER
2016 USC Women’s Water Polo Roster #
NAME
HT.
POS.
YR.
1 1 1 1 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Victória Chamorro 5-10 Goalie Amanda Longan 6-2 Goalie Alegra Hueso 5-9 Goalie Melanie Slater 5-7 Goalie Nicola Gonzales 5-8 Goalie Annika Jensen 6-0 Utility Ioanna Haralabidis 5-11 Driver Nikki Stansfield 5-11 Driver Brooke Presten 5-8 Driver Melissa Bergesen 5-10 Driver Mackenzie Flath 5-9 Driver Hayley McKelvey 5-11 Utility Stephania Haralabidis 5-11 Driver Brianna Daboub 5-9 Driver Dagmar Gudmundsson 6-0 Utility Brigitta Games 6-1 2-Meter Courtney Fahey 5-8 Driver Avery Peterson 5-11 2-Meter Cassidy Feltenberger 5-4 Driver Emma Cornwell 5-10 Goalie Ellie D’Ambra 5-5 Driver Lauren Esrig 5-7 Driver Kelly Giery 5-8 Driver Natalie Lavinsky 5-8 Driver Kaitlin Leimbach 5-9 Driver Caitlin Stuewe 5-7 Utility Nicola Welch 5-8 Driver Head Coach: Jovan Vavic Associate Head Coach: Casey Moon Volunteer Assistant Coach: Alexandra Kiss
#3 Ioanna Haralabidis #10 Stephania Haralabidis #11 Brianna Daboub #12 Dagmar Gudmundsson #13 Brigitta Games #14 Courtney Fahey Jovan Vavic Marko Pintaric Alexandra Kiss
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HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL/COLLEGE) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Centro Educacional de Lagoa HS) Moorpark, Calif. (Oaks Christian HS) Pasadena, Calif. (Pasadena HS) Long Beach, Calif. (Wilson HS) Orinda, Calif. (Miramonte HS) Orinda, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) Fullerton, Calif. (Foothill HS) Orinda, Calif. (Camplindo HS) South Jordan, Utah (Kearns HS/Golden West) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Vancouver, B.C., Canada (Seaquam Secondary) Athens, Greece (Corona del Mar HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) Hanford, Calif. (Hanford West HS) Littleton, Colo. (Chatfield HS/Golden West) Alamo, Calif. (Monte Vista HS) Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) San Pedro, Calif. (San Pedro HS) San Diego, Calif. (Otay Ranch HS) Rolling Hills, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Eugene, Ore. (South Eugene HS) Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Manhattan Beach, Calif. (Mira Costa HS) Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) Monterey, Calif. (Sacred Heart Prep) Westmoorings, Trinidad (St. Joseph’s Convent Port-of-Spain)
PRONUNCIATIONS
Scouting Director: Marko Pintaric Director of Operations: Ivan Ivovic
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SEVENTH PLACE
FIFTH PLACE
Non-advance game 5
Game 9 Noon
Non-advance game 6
Seventh-Place Game May 15
Winner of game 5
Game 10 1:45 p.m.
Winner of game 6
Fifth-Place Game May 15
UCLA (24-4)
Game 1 Noon
UC San Diego* (26-9) vs. Whittier (25-7)
UC Santa Barbara (18-12)
Game 2 1:45 p.m.
Stanford (21-5)
Arizona St. (19-7)
Game 4 5:15 p.m.
Michigan (29-6)
San Diego St.# (16-16) vs. Wagner (29-9)
Game 3 3:30 p.m.
Southern California (23-0)
First Round May 13
Winner of game 1
Game 8 5:15 p.m.
Winner of game 2
Winner of game 4
Game 7 3:30 p.m.
Winner of game 3
Semifinals May 14
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Non-advance game 1
Game 5 Noon
Non-advance game 2
Non-advance game 4
Game 6 1:45 p.m.
Non-advance game 3
Consolation Round May 14
All games streamed live on NCAA.com
Spieker Aquatics Center Los Angeles, California Hosted by University of California, Los Angeles
2016 National Collegiate Women's Water Polo Championship
Non-advance game 8
Game 11 3:30 p.m.
Non-advance game 7
Third-Place Game May 15
Winner of game 8
Game 12 5:30 p.m.
Winner of game 7
Championship May 15
THIRD PLACE
NATIONAL CHAMPION
